Former BJ reporter Thrity Umrigar’s “The Story Hour” is among 20
books selected by the State Library of Ohio,
Ohioana Library Association and Ohio Center for the Book amalgamation for the
2017 & 2018 Choose to Read Ohio booklist.
Thrity’s work is among Books for Adults. It is 6th novel and 7th book.
Thrity
has been teaching creative writing at Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland since 2002.
Her previous novels are “Bombay Time” (2002), “The Space Between Us”
(2007), “If Today be Sweet” (2008), “The Weight of Heaven” (2010) and “The
World We Found” (2012). Her memoir is “First Darling of the Morning”
(2008).
Thrity left India at the age of 21 to attend Ohio State University.
Thrity began her reporting career with the Lorain Journal. Two
years later, in 1987, she came to the BJ.
Other selections:
Books for Young Children
Curious Critters: Marine by David FitzSimmons.
The Farmer’s Away! Baa! Neigh! by Anne Vittur Kennedy.
Henry Finds His Word by Lindsay Ward.
I Wanna Go Home by David Catrow (illustrator), written by Karen Kaufman Orloff.
Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson (author) & Loren Long (illustrator).
The Farmer’s Away! Baa! Neigh! by Anne Vittur Kennedy.
Henry Finds His Word by Lindsay Ward.
I Wanna Go Home by David Catrow (illustrator), written by Karen Kaufman Orloff.
Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson (author) & Loren Long (illustrator).
Books for Tweens/Middle Grades
Eliza Bing Is (Not) a Big Fat Quitter by Carmella Van Vleet.
Moonpenny Island by Tricia Springstubb, illustrated by Gilbert Ford.
The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall.
Winterfrost by Michelle Houts.
The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Abigail Halpin.
Moonpenny Island by Tricia Springstubb, illustrated by Gilbert Ford.
The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall.
Winterfrost by Michelle Houts.
The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Abigail Halpin.
Books for Teens
East by Edith Pattou.
Fat Angie by e. E. Charlton Trujillo.
There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart.
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer.
Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick Lewis & George Ella Lyon.
Fat Angie by e. E. Charlton Trujillo.
There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart.
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer.
Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick Lewis & George Ella Lyon.
Books for Adults
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds by Julie Zickefoose.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar.
Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, The Creators of Superman by Brad Ricca.
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds by Julie Zickefoose.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar.
Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, The Creators of Superman by Brad Ricca.
Love being on this list with Thrity and so many other wonderful OH writers! Thanks so much for posting and spreading the word!
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