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Mary Jo Nickum

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Mary J. Nickum is a retired librarian, who is now an editor and freelance writer. Her primary focus is on science for the public. She has chosen to extend her science for the public outreach to children.

Mary earned a B.A. degree in English education at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, a Masters in Librarianship at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies from Oregon State University. She worked as a science librarian at US Environmental Protection Agency, National Water Quality Laboratory in Duluth, MN, as Oceanography/Zoology librarian at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR and as Project Manager of the Fish and Wildlife Reference Service in Rockville, MD.

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	Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS 4.69 of 5 stars 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Path: A Literary Magazine (Issue #1) by Mary Jo Nickum (Goodreads Author) (Editor-in-Chief), Rebecca Buckley, Dian E.Z. Butler (Editor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Path, a literary magazine 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Path (volume 1 number 2) 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Path, a literary magazine (volume 2 issue number 1) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mom's Story, 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mary Nickum rated a book 4 of 5 stars Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina by Virginia Rounding (Goodreads Author) recommended to Mary Nickum by: No one recommended for: Everyine interested uin the Romanovs read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very interesting look at the later part of their reign.
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Mary Nickum rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Ropemaker (The Ropemaker, #1) by Peter Dickinson	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mary Nickum rated a book 3 of 5 stars Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sometimes hard to follow all the different characters.
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Mary Nickum marked as to-read: Can You Hear the Saguaro Talking? by Treasure Chest Books	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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