Hosts and TPL Librarians Manda and Olivia (alongside some special guests from the Troy community!) will be revisiting old favorites-- books, movies, music-- to ask themselves: does this book hold up?
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Hosts and TPL Librarians Manda and Olivia (alongside some special guests from the Troy community!) will be revisiting old favorites-- books, movies, music-- to ask themselves: does this book hold up?
Today's quick episode is in response to a request from our listener, Eliza. Don't forget, if you would like us to give you recommendations, shoot us an email at: podcast@troypl.org
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, by Chris Newell, illustrated by Winona Nelson
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story, written by indigenous authors: Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag), Anthony Perry (Chickasaw), Alexis Bunten (Unangan/Yup'ik), and illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr. (Anishinaabe)
Thank You, Sarah: the woman who saved Thanksgiving, by Laurie Halse Anderson, illustrated by Matt Faulkner
Balloons over Broadway: the inspiring true story of the puppeteer of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, written and illustrated by Melissa Stewart
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist, by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, by Chris Barton, illustrated by Don Tate
Dancing Through Space: Dr. Mae Jemison soars to new heights, by Lydia Lukidis, illustrated by Sawyer Cloud
Saving American Beach: the biography of African American environmentalist MaVynee Betsch, by Heidi Tyline King, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa, by Caroline McAllister illustrated by Jamie Green
Kahoʻolawe : the true story of an island and her people, by Kamalani Hurley, illustrated by Harinani Orme
Fairytales/Folktales native to a culture!
The Books We Loved
Hosts and TPL Librarians Manda and Olivia (alongside some special guests from the Troy community!) will be revisiting old favorites-- books, movies, music-- to ask themselves: does this book hold up?