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Kelley Donner

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Kelley Donner has worked as an educator for over twenty years and is also the bestselling author of The Day the Lines Changed and A Very Corona Christmas. She has a Masters in Illustration and Book Arts from the Cambridge School of Art and currently lives in Munich, Germany.

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	School is More Than a Building 4.28 avg rating — 74 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
	A Very Corona Christmas: Santa Stays Home 4.38 avg rating — 21 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
	The Day the Lines Changed: An Inspiring Story about a Line, a Pandemic, and How Change Shapes Us All 3.86 avg rating — 14 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
	An Elf Erased My Picture by Kelley Donner (Goodreads Author), Lukas Donner, Max Donner 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings	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
	How to Create a Storybook Walk: Simple, creative, and affordable ways to make your first walk a success. (Super Storybook Walks) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings	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
	Ball! Ball! Ball!: A Picture Book to Inspire Sensory Awareness (Happy Heads Series 1) 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Freedom to Read it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Ball! Ball! Ball!: A picture book to inspire sensory awareness 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
	School is More Than a Building / Meine Schule ist mehr als nur ein Gebäude: Bilingual Edition English / German it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Little Jack Thomson's Magnificent Brain 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Kelley Donner answered Goodreads's question: How do you deal with writer’s block? I don't get writer's block. If anything, I'm annoyed that I don't have enough time in life to write and illustrate everything in my head.
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