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Turning the Spotlight on “Fireflies and Shooting Stars”

By Beth | April 21, 2013 | 14

When I went to the SCBWI LA conference (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) in 2011, one of the first people I met was a tall, friendly man named Ed Raarup. I was immediately impressed by his warmth and his enthusiasm for his writing project, which he was working on with my friend and…

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