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  <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">2</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">2</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[     Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute of Art, Rhode Island School of Design ... I have walked by all these schools of fine art. 
     I have attended none of them.
     I’ve always been creative but never thought I could earn my 
living as an artist. I could write though, so after  graduating from  Boston University I went into 
public relations and advertising.    After getting fired six or seven times, I       figured I should be working for myself. Plus, I hated 
wearing panty hose.
     In 1986 I started my      company Dirty Dishes, selling my hand painted ceramics nationwide. In 1990, I began focusing on 
licensing my designs, particularly my character, Scared Guy. Scared Guy did pretty well, especially in Japan.
     I’ve been writing and illustrating picture books--really bad ones--for 
decades. Then in 1996, I attended the Society of Children’s Book Writer’s and Illustrator’s national conference. Finally, the lightbulb went on, and I started my career in children’s books.
     I get my inspiration from my life, my kids, and the world around me. The “Who” books came to me when my kids were having car 
tantrums. We played the Who Hops? game and the book was born.
     I write for all ages of children, however, so far, all I’ve gotten for my Young Adult novels are rave 
rejections.


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  <title><![CDATA[The Curse of Addy McMahon]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>35</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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        <book id="1733106">
  <title><![CDATA[Who Hops?]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>28</ratings_count>
  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Kindergarten Rocks!]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.13</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="24259">
  <title><![CDATA[Who Hoots?]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1297065.Katie_Davis]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.95</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>19</ratings_count>
  <published>2000</published>  
  
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        <book id="1725947">
  <title><![CDATA[I Hate to Go to Bed!]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mabel the Tooth Fairy and How She Got Her Job]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1297065.Katie_Davis]]></link>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
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        <book id="686108">
  <title><![CDATA[Scared Stiff]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1297065.Katie_Davis]]></link>
    </author>
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  <average_rating>3.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <published>1337</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Party Animals]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1297065.Katie_Davis]]></link>
    </author>
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  <average_rating>2.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <published>2002</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[I Hate to Go to Bed!]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Katie Davis]]></name>
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  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
    
  
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