Corinne Demas
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They call themselves the Leopardi Circle--six members of a writing group who share much more than their works in progress. When Nancy, whose most recently published work is a medical newsletter, is asked to join a writing group made up of established writers, she accepts, warily. She's not at all certain that her novel is good enough for the company she'll be keeping. Her novel is a subject very close to her heart, and she isn't sure she wants to...
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Irene's father is "downsized". When he can't find work, her family's lifestyle-and her mother's spending-catches up with them. What begins as the most disastrous summer of Irene's life takes a surprising turn, and Irene must decide what she wants for herself after losing everything she was.
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A simple, modern fable about dreaming of being something else, transformations, and the interconnectedness of all things
In this magical, modern fairy tale, a girl dreams she is a princess. A princess dreams she is a horse. A horse dreams she is a tree, a tree a mountain, a mountain a moon, a moon a sea, a sea a girl.
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Bunny searches for and finds the perfect Christmas tree in this perennial holiday tale
Bunny is looking for the perfect Christmas tree. Her forest friends tell her that the perfect tree is one that is just her size, bushy as Squirrel's tail, perfectly pointy on top for a star, the greenest green, and smells like Christmas. But sometimes the perfect tree is the one surrounded by friends.
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Pirates may fight and plunder booty. But when they do so, they are polite!
"Pirates are unrulyand pirates love to fight,but pirates still say 'please' and 'thanks''cause pirates are polite."Are Pirates Polite?shows pirates' rowdy activitiesandteaches manners lessons. These pirates remember to say "please" and "thank you." If pirates can be polite, surely young readers can, too!Fun, rhyming text by Corinne Demas and Artemis Roehrig pairs pirates'...