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About The Author

Drawing by Jeanette Winter

Jeanette Winter is the acclaimed author/illustrator of many highly regarded picture books, including The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq; Mama: A True Story in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, and a New Mama; Wangari's Trees of Peace.

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  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK (September 26, 2013)
  • Length: 40 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781471121296
  • Ages: 2 and up

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