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"What Makes Us Human" by Victor D.O. Santos is among the stacks in the children's library at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library.

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Seven-year-old Patrice Droesch comfortably sat with her legs folded beneath her, lingering on the pages of Brian Lies’ “Bats at the Library,” a children’s book about bats that have a grand time when they find a window at their local library has been left open one night. Patrice’s mom, Elizabeth Droesch of Coeur d’Alene, sat at a nearby table in the Seagrave Children’s Library at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, researching different titles. “I was just going through all of these and reading reviews and making sure what I choose is appropriate for my kids,” she said. “It takes time.”