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	Foo by Richard Thompson (Goodreads Author), Eugenie Fernandes (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Draw-And-Tell: Reading - Writing - Listening - Speaking - Viewing - Shaping 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frog's Riddle: And other Draw And Tell stories 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Follower by Richard Thompson (Goodreads Author), Martin Springett (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gurgle, Bubble, Splash 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Walker by Richard Thompson (Goodreads Author), Martine Springett (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Effie's Bath by Richard Thompson (Goodreads Author), Eugenie Fernandes (Illustrator), Sharon Jennings (With) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We'll All Go Flying by Richard Thompson (Goodreads Author), Kim LaFave (Illustrator) 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Have to See This by Richard Thompson (Goodreads Author), Eugenie Fernandes (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me One Good Thing: Bedtime Stories 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mountain Time

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Richard Thompson said: " The McCaskill sisters — Lexa, who was in Alaska in the last book and Mariah, who since the last book has been on a Fuji Fellowship taking photos around the world — with Mitch and his father (dying then dead) Lyle.

We get bits of stories set in Alaska ...more "

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Richard Thompson rated a book liked it Wild Instinct by T. Jefferson Parker (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Lew Gale, a former Marine sniper, now an Orange County California Sheriff’s detective, is assigned to track and shoot a mountain lion that has killed a man in Caspers Park, located in the rugged country east of Laguna Beach, ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book liked it Can You Crack the Code?: A Fascinating History of Ciphers and Cryptography by Ella Schwartz (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Codes can carry big secrets! Throughout history, lots of good guys and lots of bad guys have used codes to keep their messages under wraps. This fun and flippable nonfiction features stories of hidden treasures, war-time man ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book it was amazing Open Carry (Arliss Cutter #1) by Marc Cameron (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read this book on my own a while ago, but it looks like I didn't log it on Goodreads... Today I finished reading it aloud to Maggee and Lutrecia. The book was #48 on our 2022 Read-alouds List and book #37 on our 2022 Read-alouds With Lutrecia List. ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book it was amazing The killing stones by Ann Cleeves (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Detective Jimmy Perez, no stranger to the complexity of human nature and the darkness it can harbour, is soon on the scene. He counted Archie as a childhood friend, making this case more personal than most. Now living in Ork ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book really liked it Final Orbit (Apollo Murders, #3) by Chris Hadfield	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: 975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But a third power is rising, i ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book really liked it The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker by Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Alton is nineteen years old. His parents insist that he drive his great-uncle Lester to his bridge club four times a week and be his cardturner—whatever that means. Alton’s uncle is old, blind, very sick, and very rich. But ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book really liked it Hemlock Press The Red Shore. by William Shaw (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Met detective Eden Driscoll never wanted a child, but when his estranged sister vanishes from her sailboat, he is asked to look after her son Finn – the nephew he hadn’t even known existed. Eden is a bit of a porcupine... tak ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book liked it The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever by Philomena Cunk	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Revolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) and more, is covered in this definitive, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by t ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book really liked it Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill wi ...more
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Richard Thompson rated a book liked it When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From the Goodreads Blurb: Philomena 'Phil' McCarthy is a promising young officer in the London Metropolitan police. But everything changes when she is called to the scene of a domestic assault. Unbeknownst to her, the abuser is a decorated detective ...more
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