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Ann S. Epstein writes novels, short stories, memoir, poems, essays, and book reviews. Her awards include a Pushcart Prize creative nonfiction nomination, Walter Sullivan fiction prize, Historical Novel Review Editors’ Choice selection, and St. Lawrence Book Award Finalist nomination. Her novels are On the Shore; Tazia and Gemma; A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve.; The Great Stork Derby; Love, Loss, and Secrets; One Person’s Loss; The Sister Knot; Who Cares?; and Elephant Angel (in press). Her stories and nonfiction work appear in North American Review, Sewanee Review, PRISM International, Ascent, The Long Story, and elsewhere. In addition to writing, she has a PhD in developmental psychology, MFA in fiber art, and certification as an end-of-life ...more

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	Intentional Teacher: Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children's Learning by Ann S. Epstein (Goodreads Author), Epstein, Ann S. Epstein, Ann S. 4.30 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Stork Derby 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sister Knot 4.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Shore 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Person's Loss 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Cares? 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essentials of Active Learning in Preschool: Getting to Know the High/Scope Curriculum 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tazia and Gemma 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Me, You, Us : Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Loss, and Secrets Across America and Beyond: Three Gripping and Emotional Historical Novels 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ann Epstein rated a book liked it The Slip by Lucas Schaefer (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Skip – I wanted to like The Slip by Lucas Schaefer after the New York Times described the author as a “bold new voice” and his debut novel as “potent.” I thought a novel about the cold case of a missing teenage boy, set in a Texas gym, would be a ...more
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The Ties That Break – The title By the Waters of Paradise: An American Story of Racism and Rupture in a Jewish Family by Clare Kinberg is a summation of the multiple angles brought to bear on the author’s search for an unknown relative. Kinberg sets ...more
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Ann Epstein rated a book it was amazing On Animals by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fair Game – In the words of author Susan Orlean, On Animals is about “the subject of animals — living with them, loving them, hoarding them, using them, and how our relationship to animals says something about who and what we are.” I like animals, bu ...more
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Who Pays for Progress? Jessica Shattuck’s sweeping novel, Last House, begins and ends with Big Oil, a geopolitical force that simultaneously fuels the world economy and ignites a family saga. Its title is the literal name of the family dwelling built ...more
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Modern – Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is three volumes in one: the biography of the American fashion designer who created women’s sportswear; a survey of fashion per ...more
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Secrets Threaten Success – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray is the fictionalized story of the real Belle da Costa Greene, personal librarian to financier J. P. Morgan and his heirs in the first half of the 20th ...more
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Ann Epstein rated a book it was amazing Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Tell Me More – Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout brings together the characters she’s introduced readers to in her previous novels. In this volume, Bob Burgess is the center who draws the others into his orbit, but each has untold stories of the ...more
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A Sensational World – Chomp Press Pull: Stories of a Sensory Self by Elaina Battista-Parsons is an open invitation to explore the world through our senses. Her spirited memoir takes readers on an immersive tour not only through sights and sounds, but ...more
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Invitation to Voyeurism – Hunchback, the award-winning Japanese novel written by Saou Ichikawa (and translated by Polly Barton), robs readers of breath in the same way that myotubular myopathy, the congenital muscular disorder that afflicts Shaka, th ...more
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