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Cathy Ballou Mealey

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Average rating: 4.07 · 904 ratings · 221 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle by Cathy Ballou Mealey (Goodreads Author), Kelly Collier (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.02 avg rating — 417 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
	Make More S'mores by Cathy Ballou Mealey (Goodreads Author), Ariel Landy (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 222 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
	When a Tree Grows 4.03 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Sloth and Squirrel on Vacation by Cathy Ballou Mealey (Goodreads Author), Kelly Collier (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 56 ratings — 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
	Fly Rod Was First: Cornelia Crosby's Adventures in Angling by Cathy Ballou Mealey (Goodreads Author), Billie Michael (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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Delightful rhyming text romps through creative kid-inspired disguises to protect turkeys from holiday hijinks. Fun illustrations add humor to this winning story, first in the series!
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Cathy’s Quotes

“Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me.”
― Sigmund Freud

tags: freud, valentinettti

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“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author. When lighting conditions are just right, however, a window can also be a mirror. Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of a larger human experience. Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books.”
― Rudine Sims Bishop

tags: children-s-literature, mirrors, sliding-glass-doors, windows

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“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."

[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
― E.B. White

tags: books, comfort, company, encouragement, libraries, reading, solace

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