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Betsy Petersen

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Creating a perfect combination of art that both kids and adults love, Betsy illustrated books and designs products that people enjoy for a lifetime. Betsy is the illustrator of I Am Quiet and Happy Puppy Angry Tiger. She spends a lot of her time creating surface patterns for kids clothes companies such as Alice & Ames, Pearl Street Swim, and many more. See her illustrations, pattern projects, and murals at @betsypetersen.

When she's not painting, Betsy enjoys running, reading, and going for walks. She and her partner, Brad, live in Northern Michigan with their two fun kids, a fluffy dog and a sleepy cat. ♥ ...more

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	I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us by Andie Powers (Goodreads Author), Betsy Petersen (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 2,515 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Happy Puppy, Angry Tiger: A Little Book about Big Feelings by Betsy Petersen (Goodreads Author), Brad Petersen 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2021	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
	You Are The Future by Future Public School, Betsy Petersen (Goodreads Author) 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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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Orbital

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One of Our Kind

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