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Truck or Trunk? Friend or Fiend? Mis-reading a sentence in a Dick & Jane book in first grade gave Blume some ideas for word play in her books.
Jerry Pinkney and Earlham Street Drawing and creative play were encouraged at author and illustrator Jerry Pinkney’s childhood home on Earlham Street.
Mom, Dad, how does this work? As a young girl, Gail Gibbons always asked questions about the things around her.
