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Children’s Librarian Tracy Kampa Gets Us Ready for Book Award Season

Minnesota Arts, Culture and History | Northern Community Radio – KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
On this edition of What We're Reading: Tracy Kampa, Children's Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library gets us pumped up for the upcoming American Library Association's Youth Media Awards! Tracy gives us a peek into how the awards are chosen and the books she hopes will bring home the medals. Here's her top picks: The Ogress and the Orphans, by Kelly Barnhill The Last Mapmaker, by Christina Soontornvat Jennifer Chan is Not Alone, by Tae Keller Aviva Vs. the Dybbuk, by Mari Lowe Windswept, by Margi Preus Swimteam, by Johnnie Christmas Ain’t Burned All The Bright, by Jason Reynolds I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement, by Angela Joy

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