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  <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I'm a children's book author. My books include Greetings from Nowhere, How to Steal a Dog, Moonpie and Ivy, and Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia. In addition to being a five-time winner of the Parents Choice Award, my awards include the Massachusetts Book Award, School Library Journal Best Books, Bank Street College Best Books and the Dolly Gray Award. I currently have books on seventeen state reading award lists. 

I am currently at work on a novel scheduled for Fall 2009 publication.

]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Cynthia Rylant, the South, country western music]]></influences>          
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[How to Steal a Dog]]></title>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Greetings from Nowhere]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fame and Glory In Freedom, Georgia]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Moonpie and Ivy]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Taking Care of Moses]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Me and Rupert Goody]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Beethoven in Paradise]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Barefoot Dancer: The Story of Isadora Duncan]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mammolina: A Story About Maria Montessori]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Barbara O'Connor]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sara Campitelli]]></name>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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