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Kelly Bennett

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in Santa Cruz, California, The United States

August 08

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http://www.kellybennett.com/

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Children's Books, Sports, Nonfiction

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I write books for children celebrating imagination, families, friends, pets…all that goes into being a kid! What books? Baseball books for fans of all ages, including: OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABE & THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT, picture books including. NORMAN ONE AMAZING GOLDFISH & NOT NORMAN, featuring our finny fish friend, Norman T Goldfish, illustrated by Noah Z Jones (Candlewick Press); VAMPIRE BABY about a biting baby sister/vampire; DAD AND POP: Ode to Fathers & Stepfathers, illustrated by Paul Meisel; ONE DAY I WENT RAMBLING & DANCE, Y’ALL, DANCE illustrated by Terri Murphy; YOUR DADDY WAS JUST LIKE YOU & YOUR MOMMY WAS JUST LIKE YOU illustrated by David Walker; and POETRY LAB, 7-Minute Poetry Prompts you can find—and try!—on my blog, Kel ...more

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	Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 1,329 ratings — published 2005 — 22 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
	Vampire Baby by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), Paul Meisel (Illustrator) 3.61 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2013	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
	Your Daddy Was Just Like You by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), David Walker (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Norman: One Amazing Goldfish by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 128 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
	Dad and Pop: An Ode to Fathers and Stepfathers by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), Paul Meisel (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Your Mommy Was Just Like You by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), David Walker (Illustrator) 3.42 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2011 — 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 House That Ruth Built by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), Susanna Covelli (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 29 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 Day I Went Rambling by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), Terri Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Rainbow Kite by Kelly Bennett (Goodreads Author), K M Brown (Illustrator) 4.82 avg rating — 17 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
	My Dads really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 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

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Poetry Challenge #133-Orange You Glad

Knock-Knock?

‍ ‍Who’s there?

Banana

Knock-Knock?

‍ ‍Who’s there?

Banana

Knock-Knock?

‍ ‍(Say it…)

‍ Orange! Orange you glad I didn’t say “banana”!

There! Now that I’ve got that out of my system, let’s get to prompting! Because it’s baseball season—including Women’s Pro Baseball!And my family has gone Baseball Crazy! this prompt was going to be about something that makes you crazy. But then I read this

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Kelly Bennett wrote a new blog post Poetry Challenge #133-Orange You Glad Knock-Knock? ‍ ‍Who’s there? BananaKnock-Knock? ‍ ‍Who’s there? BananaKnock-Knock? ‍ ‍(Say it…)‍ Orange! Orange you glad I didn’t say “banana”!There! Read more of this blog post »
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Kelly Bennett rated a book it was amazing Baseball Spy (Sports Spy) by Scott Reister	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
Sports Fans! Mystery Fans! Action Fans! Great gift & must for classroom collections! Kids do read--when the book is well-written, about a subject they love--BASEBALL--and packed with action and intrigue! I bought both Baseball Spy and Football Spy, se ...more
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Kelly Bennett entered a giveaway Seascraper by Benjamin Wood (Goodreads Author) 25 copies available, ends on September 10, 2026 Enter to win »
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Kelly Bennett wants to read Consignment by Joan Bauer	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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Kelly Bennett rated a book it was amazing Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)	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
First in a trio and I can’t wait to read them. Teens will love it too!
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Kelly Bennett rated a book it was amazing Down to Earth (The Attuned) by Jessica Natalie Reino	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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Kelly Bennett is currently reading Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)	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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Kelly Bennett rated a book really liked it The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Goodreads Author)	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
If Epistolary Novels aren’t your thing—then pretend THE CORRESPONDENT isn’t, and read on! It reads like those catch-up cells with friends where the space between makes each update more interesting. The only mistake I made was to think this would not ...more
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Kelly Bennett rated a book it was amazing Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen (Goodreads Author)	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
BARBED WIRE BETWEEN US is a simple, powerful, heartful dual immigration story! Written as a "Reverso Poem," one that begins one way and reverses on itself, BARBED WIRE BETWEEN US shares the historically repeated story of how immigrants --now and in th ...more
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Kelly Bennett rated a book liked it Swing Time by Zadie Smith	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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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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