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She also has a decades worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. He became a writer and illustrator for children s literature and also taught illustration part time at the brighton school of art. Here are the books the kids raved about because they had the perfect combination of suspense, action, and character drama, plus storylines so engaging they didnt want to put them down. They are the brightest, sparkliest fish of the sea.
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