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Working on Peg!

As part of my 100 days project, I’m working on a little book called, “Peg, the Heart-shaped Peg”

I love this little book. It was born out of a year of failure for me, one of the most challenging years I’ve ever had career-wise. But failure is essential, so I’m embracing it. There are stories in everything.

I’ve always felt different from everyone else but in a good way. Weird is good when yo

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	Who's Coming for Dinner, Little Hoo? 3.78 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2012 — 12 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
	Merry Christmas, Little Hoo! (Volume 3) 4.16 avg rating — 152 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
	Be Mine 3.69 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Who's There, Little Hoo? 3.99 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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
	Secret Agent Josephine's Colors 3.87 avg rating — 76 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
	Knock Knock Boo Who? {and other silly & spooky jokes} 3.62 avg rating — 76 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
	Secret Agent Josephine's Numbers 3.91 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Time To Get Ready, Bunny! 3.70 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Happy Birthday, Little Hoo! 4.10 avg rating — 51 ratings — 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
	Little Hoo Goes to the Beach 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2015 — 12 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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Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

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