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Children’s author George Shannon discusses with Emily Lundgren, 4, and sister Elisabeth, 8, how they too can come up with ideas for books. The girls had their faces painted as a cheetah and a zebra. Shannon, author of such popular picture books as Tomorrow’s Alphabet, Lizard’s Guest and Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!, lists his ideas in a journal and notes where they came from. - K.C. Pohtilla / Whidbey News-Times
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Children’s author George Shannon discusses with Emily Lundgren, 4, and sister Elisabeth, 8, how they too can come up with ideas for books. The girls had their faces painted as a cheetah and a zebra. Shannon, author of such popular picture books as Tomorrow’s Alphabet, Lizard’s Guest and Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!, lists his ideas in a journal and notes where they came from.

You too could write a book


November 18, 2008 · 11:49 AM

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