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Ursula Dubosarsky

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Ursula Dubosarsky is an award-winning author of numerous books for children and young adults. About The Golden Day, her first book with Candlewick Press, she says, "The little girls watch, wonder, respond, change, and grow — and then their childhood is gone, forever. This element of the story, I suppose, is at least partly autobiographical. But, as I say — all of our teachers come home safe and sound in the end." Ursula Dubosarsky lives in Australia. ...more

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Ursula Dubosarsky Dear Ruby, thank you so much for writing to me about "The Game of the Goose" - it makes me so very happy to hear this. I have to say (hem) that I have…moreDear Ruby, thank you so much for writing to me about "The Game of the Goose" - it makes me so very happy to hear this. I have to say (hem) that I have always thought it was (and remains) my best book (!). It obviously means so much to an author when a reader takes the time to write - thank you sincerely. with wonder and warm wishes, Ursula (less)
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“Today, girls,' said Miss Renshaw, 'we shall go out into the beautiful Gardens and think about death.”
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“And we shall all be changed in the twinkling of an eye.”
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“Cubby kept looking for Miss Renshaw--it was like waiting for the bus, constantly thinking that each little sound was Miss Renshaw and Morgan coming back,”
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Ursula Dubosarsky Thanks for your lovely message Genie - lovers of words AND guinea pigs are destined to be friends!


Eugenia (Genie In A Book) Dear Ursula,
Thank you so much for accepting my friend request
I have thoroughly enjoyed all your novels that I have read so far (especially The Word Spy books) and look forward to reading more of your work.

Best wishes,
Genie

PS. I love guinea pigs too (as you can see from my dp) and have 2 of my own :)


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