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Anna Staniszewski lives in the Boston area and teaches in the MFA Writing for Children Program at Simmons University. She's the author of over twenty books for young readers, including the The Dirt Diary series and Clique Here series, the picture books DOGOSAURUS REX and BEAST IN SHOW, and the Once Upon a Fairy Tale chapter book series. You can visit Anna at www.annastan.com or follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/annastanisz. ...more

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	The Dirt Diary (The Dirt Diary, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 3,911 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Prank List (The Dirt Diary, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 1,413 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Gossip File (The Dirt Diary, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 1,083 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Truth Game (The Dirt Diary, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	My Very UnFairy Tale Life (My Very UnFairy Tale Life, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	I'm with Cupid (Switched at First Kiss, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 458 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
	Dogosaurus Rex by Anna Staniszewski (Goodreads Author), Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Once Upon a Cruise 4.09 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Magic Mirror: A Branches Book (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #1) by Anna Staniszewski (Goodreads Author), Macky Pamintuan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 308 ratings — 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 Wonder of Wildflowers 4.03 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2020 — 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

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“... Once a penguin finds its perfect other penguin, they stay together pretty much forever.”
― Anna Staniszewski, The Prank List

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“One of life's greatest lessons is realizing you can't have something for nothing.”
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“If I ever figured out how to go back in time, I'd tell my nine-year-old self to run the other way when a gnome showed up in her room promising a life of magic and adventure.”
― Anna Staniszewski, My Very UnFairy Tale Life

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Nov 15, 2011 07:45AM

Rachel, thank you so much!! Your comment totally made me smile. Happy reading!

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Nov 15, 2011 06:35AM

Thanks for the add! Love your guest post at Janice Hardy's blog today and I'm ashamed to admit I hadn't heard of this book yet. It seems AMAZING! Just wanted you to know the marketing today definitely worked (woot!) and I will be getting this one pronto! Have a great day :-)

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