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Explore recent reading trends at 53rd Street. You might even find your next great read!

Top Checkouts at 53rd Street Library

  • Sula

    By Morrison, Toni
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  • Tom Lake : a novel

    By Patchett, Ann
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  • Have you filled a bucket today? : a guide to daily happiness for kids

    By McCloud, Carol
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  • Playground : a novel

    By Powers, Richard
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    Cover of Playground : a novel

  • None of this is true : a novel

    By Jewell, Lisa
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  • Birthday monsters!

    By Boynton, Sandra
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  • A court of thorns and roses

    By Maas, Sarah J.
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  • Out of this world

    By Dean, James
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Art Exhibition: Véronique Coutant-Godard

linocuts childhood

Véronique Coutant-Godard is an American artist born in France, and lives currently in New York. She specializes in printmaking, exploring different techniques like linoleum cut, woodcut, lithograph and monotype.

Her focus is printmaking, specifically relief block printing. As a printmaker, she finds inspiration in nature, and from travelling overseas in Europe, Africa, and North  and South America. Her series of linocuts at the 53rd Street Library are inspired by Aesop’s Fables.

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