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Shutta Crum is bi-peninsular, spending half the year in Michigan and half the year in Florida. She is the author of three middle-grade novels and fifteen picture books, as well as many poems, magazine articles, and two poetry chapbooks for adults. Her books have made Bank Street College lists as well as state award lists. THUNDER-BOOMER! was an ALA and a Smithsonian Magazine “Notable Book” of the year. WHEN YOU GET HERE (poems for adults) won a gold Royal Palm Literary Award, (FL). She is also the author of two nearly wordless books MINE! and UH-OH! both published by Knopf. MINE! made the Texas 2X2 list and was a Crystal Kite Award winner for the illustrator Patrice Barton. Of MINE! the N. Y. Times said, “a delightful example of the drama a ...more

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Humana Obscura Publishes Two Poems by Shutta Crum

I just love this nature journal! It is chock full of beautiful nature writing, photography, and art . . . in case you’re looking for something soothing and lovely to read in these stressful times. Lots of haiku and short poems. You can read free online, but holding the book with its smooth matte cover and wonderful cover art by Kimber Devaney is a sensuous experience you can’t get online. (Lots of

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	Mine! by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Patrice Barton (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Thomas and the Dragon Queen by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Lee Wildish (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Thunder-Boomer! by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Carol Thompson (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2009 — 7 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
	Uh-Oh! by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Patrice Barton (Illustrator) 3.37 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Bravest of the Brave by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Tim Bowers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Dozens of Cousins by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), David Catrow (Illustrator) 3.16 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Mouseling's Words by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Ryan O'Rourke (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 115 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
	A Family for Old Mill Farm by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Niki Daly (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Who Took My Hairy Toe? by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Katya Krenina (Illustrator) 3.71 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Spitting Image 3.84 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2003 — 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

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Shutta Crum wrote a new blog post Humana Obscura Publishes Two Poems by Shutta Crum I just love this nature journal! It is chock full of beautiful nature writing, photography, and art . . . in case you’re looking for something soothin Read more of this blog post »
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Shutta liked Amy Hicks's review of When You Get Here: "Wow....I often find poetry difficult to read and more difficult to understand. I am a literal person, and very little poetry is written in the literal. When You Get Here by Shutta Crum started off for me the say way. I had a difficult time "feeling" " Read more of this review »
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“I loved my friend
He went away from me
There's nothing more to say
The poem ends,
Soft as it began-
I loved my friend.”
― Langston Hughes

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“How do you know when it's me?"
"Your footsteps are apologetic?"
"What does that mean?"
She turned, smiling wiping her hands on her long, black skirt. "It doesn't mean anything," she said. "Everybody else here just does what they want to do and doesn't think twice about it. But you're never sure.”
― Daniel Wallace, The Kings and Queens of Roam

tags: confidence-and-attitude, footsteps, personality, sense, sound

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