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  <name><![CDATA[Dori Hillestad Butler]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Dori Hillestad Butler grew up writing, for she had no brothers or sisters to play with until she was eight years old.  The first book she published was &lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;, it took her many years to sell that book, followed by four more picture books.  She then started writing YA books short stories have appeared in anthologies entitled, &lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Green Umbrella and Other Sports Stories&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Highlights for Children, 1995) and &lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Not the Only One&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Alyson Publications, 1994) and in magazines including &lt;u&gt;Cricket&lt;/u&gt;, &lt;u&gt;Spider&lt;/u&gt;, &lt;u&gt;Highlights for Children&lt;/u&gt;, &lt;u&gt;Children's Digest&lt;/u&gt;, &lt;u&gt;Child Life&lt;/u&gt; and a variety of Sunday School publications.  Dori also writes educational materials, edit stories for  www.storydog.com, and has a regular book review coloumn in her local newspaper.  She currently lives in Coralville, Iowa with her husband, two sons, Ben and Andy, a black cocker spaniel named Molly, a cat named Ashley and a betta fish named Willie. ]]></about>      <hometown>Fairmont</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Do You Know The Monkey Man?]]></title>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Truth About Truman School]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sliding Into Home]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dori Hillestad Butler]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Yes, I Know the Monkey Man]]></title>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Trading Places With Tank Talbott]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[My Grandpa Had a Stroke]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nicole Wong]]></name>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tank Talbott's Guide to Girls]]></title>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[My Mom's Having A Baby!]]></title>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[ABC's of Wisconsin]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dori Hillestad Butler]]></name>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[M Is for Minnesota]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dori Hillestad Butler]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <published>1998</published>  
  
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