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Karen Krossing

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Karen Krossing wrote comics and poetry as a kid and dreamed of becoming a published writer. Today, she’s the author of many books for kids and teens, including picture books and novels. She won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Canada in 2015 and 2023 and has been a finalist for the Ontario Library Association White Pine Award and the Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award, among other honors. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she’s on faculty at Whale Rock Workshops.

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	Punch Like a Girl 3.95 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Sour Cakes by Karen Krossing (Goodreads Author), Anna Kwan (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 131 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
	One Tiny Bubble by Karen Krossing (Goodreads Author), Dawn Lo (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 81 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
	Cut the Lights 3.41 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Bog 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Yo-Yo Prophet 3.69 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	My Street Remembers by Karen Krossing (Goodreads Author), Cathie Jamieson (illustrator) 4.53 avg rating — 34 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
	Monster vs. Boy 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Cloud That Stuck by Karen Krossing (Goodreads Author), Dorothy Leung (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 23 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
	One Cosmic Rock: The Story of the Asteroid that Changed Our World by Karen Krossing (Goodreads Author), Julia Vasileva (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 19 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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Today, I’m celebrating my agent for the last six years. Ginger Knowlton of Curtis Brown has offered friendship, guidance, and constant encouragement through both joys and challenges. Together, we’ve launched five books that are precious to me—One Tiny Bubble, Monster vs. Boy, My Street Remembers, One Cosmic Rock, and The Cloud That Stuck. Plus, we have three more in the works—Forever Fries, My Cre

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Origin Monster School Stories Comics : Minecraft Herobrine GIRL VS BOY CHALLENGE 2

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“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

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