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J. Elizabeth Mills

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in Pittsburgh, The United States

August 16

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I was a children's book editor at Scholastic for seven-and-a-half years before I moved to Seattle to work at Cranium Inc. Now I'm striking out on my own as a freelance editor and writer. I have worked in many bookstores, including Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis. Children's books are my passion! ...more

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A World Without Borders

I went to college at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 1993, a little independent bookstore beckoned with warm, cozy lighting, secluded corners where I could curl up with a book, and packed shelves. This was the first Borders--before the Rewards program, before the sidelines and the music/videogame sections, before the store became a corporation.

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	The Spooky Wheels on the Bus: (A Holiday Wheels on the Bus Book) by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author), Ben Mantle (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Belle by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author), Jacqueline Rogers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Stormy by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author), Jacqueline Rogers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Dash 4.14 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2009 — 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 Everything Kids' Easy Science Experiments Book: Explore the world of science through quick and fun experiments! (Everything® Kids Series) 3.90 avg rating — 48 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
	Batman : The Purr-fect Crime by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author), J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Horns, Tails, Spikes, and Claws (Mix-and-match Monster Book!) by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author), Jef Czekaj (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Tick-Tock Sharks by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author), Delana Bettoli (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2005	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 Spy Pirate Treasure by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Don't Lose Your Shoes! by J. Elizabeth Mills (Goodreads Author), Sarah Beise (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009 — 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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Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital

by Susan B. Neuman

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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

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Let the Great World Spin

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― J. Elizabeth Mills, The Everything Kids' Easy Science Experiments Book: Explore the world of science through quick and fun experiments!

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J.’s Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“I'm in love with you," he said quietly.

"Augustus," I said.

"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: doomed, inevitable, love, oblivion, pleasure, simple

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“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: satisfaction, self-determination

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“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars