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The Dean reviews ‘The Color Kittens’

By May 6, 2020November 9th, 2023No Comments

Lisa German — University Librarian and Dean of Libraries — joins Lisa Von Drasek to review The Color Kittens on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

The Color Kittens is a children’s book by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen, and published, as part of the Little Golden Books series, in 1949.

About Lisa Von Drasek and Lisa German

Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Lisa German is the University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

About Read This Book!

Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and iTunes. Audio from Read This Book! is available on iTunes at Von Drasek’s The Blue Ox Review podcast.

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Read This Book!
Read This Book!

Host Lisa Von Drasek and guests review books from various genres: including children's literature, cookbooks, science, mysteries, and popular literature. This audio podcast also includes episodes from the video podcast, Read This Book!, also hosted by Lisa Von Drasek.

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