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January 01, 1956 in Whittier, Calif. , The United States

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Martha Freeman was born in Southern California in 1956. It is not actually true that pterodactyls ruled the skies then, but her three children believe this.

Martha graduated from Glenoaks Elementary, Woodrow Wilson Junior High, and Glendale High School. Until Martha came along, Glendale High's most famous graduate was a fellow named Marion Michael Morrison. He later went into the film game and changed his name to John Wayne, which you might very well do, too, if you were a boy named Marion in unenlightened times. In 1978, Martha graduated from Stanford University with a degree in history. She remains Stanford's most illustrious graduate if not its most wealthy.
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“Tales from Outer Suburbia” by Australian author-illustrator Shaun Tan is a collection of 15 hard-to-characterize pieces, including a faux found poem and step-by-step instructions for assembling your own pet from “burnt-out kitchen appliances, obsolete computer parts, defunct cassette players… whatever takes your fancy.”
Tan is this year’s winner of the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award... read more »
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Published on September 14, 2011 10:47 • 84 views • Tags: graphic-novels, shaun-tan
Average rating: 3.60 · 643 ratings · 143 reviews · 26 distinct works
Who Stole Halloween?
3.8 of 5 stars 380 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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The Year My Parents Ruined ...
3.45 of 5 stars 345 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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1,000 Reasons Never to Kiss...
3.16 of 5 stars 316 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2007
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Who Is Stealing the 12 Days...
3.73 of 5 stars 373 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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Mrs. Wow Never Wanted a Cow...
3.71 of 5 stars 371 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Who Stole Grandma's Million...
3.84 of 5 stars 384 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2009
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Who Stole Uncle Sam?
4.33 of 5 stars 433 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2008
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The Case of the Rock 'n' Ro...
3.23 of 5 stars 323 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010
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Fourth Grade Weirdo
3.67 of 5 stars 367 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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The Trouble with Cats
3.53 of 5 stars 353 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Stitches by David Small
Stitches
by David Small
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“Stitches” is a dark, dark fairytale that happens to be the true story of the author's childhood and coming of age. Marketed for young adults, the book left thoroughly grown-up me with my jaw agape.

Small grew up in Detroit in the 1950s, his father a...more
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Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Tales from Outer Suburbia
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“Tales from Outer Suburbia” by Australian author-illustrator Shaun Tan is a collection of 15 hard-to-characterize pieces, including a faux found poem and step-by-step instructions for assembling your own pet from “burnt-out kitchen appliances, obsole...more
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Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman
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Born in 1929, Russell Freedman is the master of old-school historical writing. The Newbery Medal is rarely given to nonfiction, but he won it for his biography of Lincoln in 1988.

Freedman’s books are illustrated with engravings, paintings and maps–...more
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Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Breaking Stalin's Nose
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A Newbery an honor book this year is “Breaking Stalin’s Nose” by Eugene Velchin. Growing up in Moscow, 10-year-old Sasha reveres the great leader and teacher, Joseph Stalin, and wants only to be a Young Pioneer of the Communist Party. Then the Secret...more
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A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
A Ball for Daisy
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“A Ball for Daisy” is a perfect dog-meets-ball story told in squiggly, brilliant, primary hues. It is beautiful, and it is absolutely packed with every extreme of canine emotion: jubilation, desolation, resignation, and back again.

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"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."Yogi Berra
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."Elie Wiesel
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