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	A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk 4.07 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Sky Pig by Jan L. Coates (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Rizzo (Illustrations) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2016	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 Power of Harmony 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Talking to the Moon 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Rocket Man 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Hermit 4.31 avg rating — 16 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
	Dancing with Daisy by Jan L. Coates (Goodreads Author), Josée Bisaillon (Illustrations) 4.33 avg rating — 15 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
	Rainbows in the Dark by Jan L. Coates (Goodreads Author), Alice Priestley (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	King of Keji by Jan L. Coates (Goodreads Author), Patsy MacKinnon (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	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
	Anna Maria and Maestro Vivaldi by Jan L. Coates (Goodreads Author), François Thisdale (Illustrations) 4.20 avg rating — 10 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

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“Retired and Inspired” – a podcast

I recently had lots of fun chatting with a friend from my Acadia days, back in the late 70s and early 80s, on her new podcast. We’ve reconnected now that we’re both spending time in the Haliburton Highlands. She’s starting a podcast, “Retired and Inspired” – don’t suppose I’ll ever actually be retired, but I’m definitely slowing down. I think I giggled too much, and said “yeah” about 200 times, b

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Jan Coates rated a book it was amazing Wild Trails to the Sea by Penelope Jackson	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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Jan Coates rated a book it was amazing Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde (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
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Jan Coates and 1 other person liked Sue Slade's review of Talking to the Moon: "Talking to the Moon was an entertaining middle-grade historical fiction set in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and using a phrase from the lead character, Katie, historic fiction, particularly local, is one of my likes. I loved the details of Lunenburg’s act" Read more of this review »
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Jan Coates rated a book it was amazing Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott (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
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Jan Coates rated a book really liked it The Groundworld Heroes by Adrian So	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 had the opportunity to read some of this book in its early manuscript form, and I've just finished reading the ARC. Since my first reading, debut author (and middle-schooler) Adrian and his publishing team have done lots of hard work and editing! T ...more
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Jan Coates and 2 other people liked Digitally Lit's review of The Hermit: "Julia's review: This book follows our main character Danny and his friends as they try to have the best summer ever. They plan on doing lots of swimming and bike rides and the occasional game of washers with his grandfather but when everything changes" Read more of this review »
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“A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice. Not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God. I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

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“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

tags: books, bookstore, towns

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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