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Why is this a pick?: Percy Gloom is a strange little man, who lives in a world of surreal people and even more surreal problems. This book sports beautiful, whimsical artwork and characters, and even though it’s a little weird a lot of the time, you’ll be just as absorbed as with a Disney movie. |
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Why is this a pick?: Fantastically written story of a boy, his band, and the battle to win a girl's heart. This first of six volumes introduces you to Scott Pilgrim. Watch and enjoy as he attempts to get a girl, get a job, keep his apartment, spend quality time with his friends, and keep his bass guitar skills up to snuff. In between all of that, he has to fight Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends in order to keep dating her. |
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Why is this a pick?: Follows National Public Radio’s foreign correspondent, Anne Garrels, as she covers the buildup, events, and aftermath of the American invasion into Iraq from the heart of Baghdad. |
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Why is this a pick?: Can a 120-page picture book capture and keep a preschooler's attention? You bet it can! This circular story is full of surprising twists and turns that will send your child's imagination on a journey to the mountains, into outer space, under the ocean, around a zoo, and more! |
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Why is this a pick?: Social researcher Brene Brown shares her insights into the emotionally loaded topics of vulnerability and shame in a book that has the power to change the way you see yourself and others. |
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Why is this a pick?: True touching stories about the many wondrous kinds of love. |
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Why is this a pick?: Sure it’s “just another wild west story”, but this one has robot outlaws. Would you also believe it works sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster in there, too? Doug Tennapel continues to amaze with his well-drawn, well-written fantasies. |
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Why is this a pick?: This beautifully and densely illustrated comic follows the culinary inter-stellar-future-space adventures of master-cook-turned-deep-space-trucker Johnny Boyo as he searches the universe for awesome food. |
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Why is this a pick?: This epic Batman story by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Jim Lee is a great read! There are appearances by most of Batman’s big baddies and many of his allies and the book introduces a mysterious new villain with a bandaged face, Hush. |
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Why is this a pick?: What do you get when you cross Abraham Lincoln & vampires? A well written & really fun book that interweaves history & monsters in such a great way that for just a second it makes you think, 'well maybe...' |
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Why is this a pick?: Travel with the 10th Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) through all of time and space in what I believe to be the best season of the amazing British sci-fi television show, Doctor Who. |
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Why is this a pick?: Mary Roach offers up the science of human cadavers in an incredible way that not only allows you to understand it but it makes you laugh at the same time. You don’t have to be a science buff to read and enjoy this book. |
