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Deborah Baldwin

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in Emporia, The United States

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Bumbling Bea

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Children's, Humor and Comedy, Young Adult

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Deborah's grandparents were missionaries in Japan in the 1930's where her mother was raised. Consequently, Deborah's mother surrounded her with people of many cultures just as she grew up. When Deborah was sixteen years old, she visited Japan and attributes the attendance to a Kabuki theatre play as the springboard for the story of Bumbling Bea. Since then, Deborah has won awards as an author, drama teacher, and director. Twenty-nine years ago, she co-developed a national playwriting contest for youth theatre plays which is still in existence today. Deborah has directed over 250 full length productions, plays and musicals alike. She has created countless drama classes and taught for over thirty-eight years. When she isn't writing, ...more

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Average rating: 4.32 · 65 ratings · 42 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Bumbling Bea 4.31 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	We’re Live! Radio Theater #101 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	The Year The World Had To Stay Inside * Number 1 Book * 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
	We're Live! Radio Theater 101 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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This blog post, Engaging Reluctant Students in Drama Class, began with considering every drama teacher eventually faces: students sitting in class who never intended to be there in the first place. When I taught a large middle school drama class which was a pre-elective, more than 500 sixth graders spent twenty-five days in my classroom each y

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Dead Girls and Other Stories

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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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Control (The Mystery of Landon Miller #1)

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“When does someone love you enough to put you before himself? Had I done so with Michiko?”
― Deborah Baldwin

tags: friendship, generosity, selflessness, understanding-life

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“When does someone love you eough to put you before himself? Had I done so with Michiko?”
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