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Best Books of 2018 for Young Readers
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Looking for books to give as gifts this year? Host Dan Loney explores the "Best Books of 2018 for Young Readers List," an annual report published by the Penn Graduate School of Education, with author of the report Elizabeth Ebony Thomas, Associate Professor at Penn's Graduate School of Education, and doctoral student Christopher Rogers, on Knowledge@Wharton.
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