New Picture Books You Won't Want to Miss!

Join us for this delightful lineup of brilliant picture books that are sure to warm you and your young readers' hearts!

Join us to discover:

• Roar for Reading by BETH FERRY. Libraries and lions have a history so long no one’s quite sure how it began, but it may be because books once needed fierce protectors, even if they don't as much nowadays. But when young Julius finds out that books are being banned at his local library, this brave little lion decides to speak out for stories by standing up to book banning!
  

• Bedtime Blitz by MATTHEW VAN FLEET. It’s getting late, the sun’s almost set, and it’s time for bed! A group of frantic animal friends rush through their bedtime routine, and you can get ready along with them with the interactive pull tabs!
  
  
• Challah for Shabbat Tonight by SARA HOLLY ACKERMAN. Celebrates Jewish joy and intergenerational love as we follow a girl and her grandmother preparing for Shabbat dinner by baking traditional challah from scratch!
  
  
• The River is my Ocean by RIO CORTEZ. Every day, Abuela misses the ocean in Puerto Rico. But on Saturdays, Abuela takes her granddaughter on a walk down the hill in Harlem to the Hudson River, where they visit mermaids and celebrate the river that brought millions of new Americans to its shores through the generations!
  
  
• Navya Sings for Navarathri illustrated by AVANI DWIVEDI. A young Indian American girl named Navya is empowered to face her fears while celebrating Navarathri, the nine-night Hindu holiday honoring the divine feminine!
  
  
• A Kurta to Remember illustrated by AVANI DWIVEDI. A little girl is about to move, and terribly sad to leave her grandparents, until her Aaji gifts her with a handmade kurta with two big pockets, perfect for holding all the small things that will remind the girl of her grandparents. Then the girl has an even better idea and helps Aaji make two more kurtas with pockets she can fill to remind her grandparents of her, too. Suddenly, they do not feel so far away from one another.

Saturday, September 7th at 2PM ET at Our 17th St Store!

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