Month: July 2018

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Eleanor & The Egret

Eleanor & The Egret Volume 1
by John Layman (Author & Letterer), Sam Kieth (Artist), and Rhonda Pattison (Colorist)

Booktalk: The most daring art thief in Paris has struck again, and the police have assigned their best detective to the case. His only clue? A single white feather left at the scene. Could this feather belong to the thief? To the thief’s accomplice, an oversized talking egret? Or will his investigation lead him to somewhere even stranger? (Answer: all of the above.)

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Apple Pie Fourth of July

Apple Pie Fourth of July
by Janet S. Wong (Author) and Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on an all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things really are. But as the parade passes by and fireworks light the sky, she learns a surprising lesson.

A picture book classic from 2006! Enjoy the Fourth!

Snippet: Chow mein!
Chinese food on the Fourth of July?

No one wants Chinese food
on the Fourth of July, I say.

Fireworks are Chinese, Father says,
and hands me a pan of sweet-and-sour pork.

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