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	Auntie Claus 4.14 avg rating — 3,020 ratings — published 1999 — 16 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 Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls 4.11 avg rating — 1,864 ratings — published 2006 — 17 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
	Ms. Rapscott's Girls 3.81 avg rating — 1,516 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas 4.01 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2002 — 8 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
	Making Mistakes on Purpose (Ms. Rapscott's Girls #2) 4.07 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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'm a Baked Potato! by Elise Primavera (Goodreads Author), Juana Medina (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 344 ratings — 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
	Home for the Holidays (Auntie Claus #3) 3.37 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2009 — 6 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
	Libby of High Hopes 3.84 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2012 — 9 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
	Louise the Big Cheese and the Back-to-School Smarty-Pants by Elise Primavera (Goodreads Author), Diane Goode (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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 House at the End of Ladybug Lane by Elise Primavera (Goodreads Author), Valeria Docampo (Illustrator) 3.55 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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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I don’t come from a family of artists.
I never visited an art museum until I was in college.
I was crazy about horses. Up until I was twenty-five I rode and competed year round.
There was no reason to believe that writing and illustrating children’s book was what I would have done with my life.

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