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Deborah Bruss

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Deborah has spent most of her life in rural NH, from her younger years where she rode her pony in the woods of Peterborough, to the present where she plays with her horse-smitten granddaughters on their parent’s organic farm not far from her home in Concord, NH.
Deborah was not a child who spent hours with her nose buried in books because reading didn’t come easy. Neither did writing. When she became a parent, she happily read armloads of books aloud to her children. After thousands of pages, she discovered her reading had become more fluid and she fell in love with children’s literature. Her first book (unpublished) was for her son who also struggled with reading. From there she took courses, joined writers’ groups, wrote humorous and educ ...more

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	Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss (Goodreads Author), Tiphanie Beeke (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 1,427 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Good Morning, Snowplow! by Deborah Bruss (Goodreads Author), Lou Fancher (Illustrator), Steve Johnson (Illustrations) 3.85 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Ask a Dinosaur by Deborah Bruss (Goodreads Author), Matt Forrest Esenwine (Goodreads Author), Louie Chin (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2018	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
	Big Box for Ben 3.94 avg rating — 35 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
	Where Is Little Stripe's Daddy? by Deborah Bruss (Goodreads Author), Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator) 4.70 avg rating — 10 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
	Women of the Golden State: 25 California Women You Should Know (America's Notable Women) by Linda Crotta Brennan (Goodreads Author), Andrea Murphy (Goodreads Author), Deborah Bruss (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	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 California gold rush it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Women of the Empire State: 25 New York Women You Should Know (America's Notable Women) by Deborah Bruss (Goodreads Author), Lisa Greenleaf (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	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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