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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#2E75B6">Please pardon the cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">“…The New York Times Book Review published the annual list of the 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017. This is the 65th year this award has been given and for the first time is jointly given by The New
York Public Library and The Times…” Any guesses? That coincides well with the fact that November is National Picture Book Month.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6"><a href="http://picturebookmonth.com/about-us/"><span style="color:#2E75B6">http://picturebookmonth.com/about-us/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">FYI,<br>
Jen</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Jen Maurer, MLS
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