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The week of January 5, 2009

Patriot Hearts by Barbara Hambly

Richly imagined accounts of Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Sally Hemings and Dolley Madison.

The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg

A lonely pencil timidly draws one friend and then another, but soon his creations begin demanding changes.