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Jane Sutton

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Born

New York City

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http://www.jane-sutton.com

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Children's Books

Influences

Mick Jagger, Diana Ross, Barack Obama

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December 2008

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I write children's books because I am immature, or charmingly childlike, depending on your point of view. ...more

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	Me and the Weirdos by Jane Sutton (Goodreads Author), Doreen Buchinski (Illustrations) 4.44 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	The Trouble with Cauliflower by Jane Sutton (Goodreads Author), Jim Harris (illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 103 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
	Don't Call Me Sidney 3.62 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Gracie Brings Back Bubbe's Smile by Jane Sutton (Goodreads Author), Debby Rahmalia (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 28 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
	Esther's Hanukkah Disaster by Jane Sutton (Goodreads Author), Andy Rowland (Illustrations) 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Zayde Babysits before Passover by Jane Sutton (Goodreads Author), Kate Chappell (illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 23 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
	Paulie's Passover Predicament 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Definitely Not Sexy 4.27 avg rating — 11 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
	What's Up with This Chicken? by Jane Sutton (Goodreads Author), Peter Welling (Illustrations) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	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
	What Should a Hippo Wear? by Jane Sutton (Goodreads Author), Lynn Munsinger 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1979	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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Passover Readings!

Leading up to Passover this year, I had loads of fun sharing both my Passover picture books with groups of enthusiastic listeners, young and old(er).

At Temple Isaiah in Lexington, MA, I read PAULIE’S PASSOVER PREDICAMENT to religious school students and talked about my writing process. One of their favorite parts of the book was Paulie the moose putting pepp Read more of this blog post »

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Jane and 561 other people liked Jesse (JesseTheReader)'s review of The Library Book: "I'm suddenly eager to run off to my local library and check out ALL THE BOOKS This book gives a lot of insight on what goes into running a library and has you growing a sense of appreciation for those who put in the the work to keep everything aflo" Read more of this review »
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Jane and 10 other people liked Mjdrean's review of French Braid: "Well once again I'm going against the grain. While I usually enjoy Tyler's books, not this one. It rambled about and none of the characters grabbed me. And please! Mercy! Oh, Mercy and the cat. A selfish, superficial woman. And Robin, her husband, wa" Read more of this review »
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Jane and 20 other people liked Christina's review of French Braid: "Meh... That's honestly the only word that comes to mind to describe this book. It follows a family through generations (which is something I'd normally find interesting). But, there's absolutely no climax. Hardly anything aside from rapid aging ever " Read more of this review »
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