Carmen Agra Deedy





Carmen Agra Deedy

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Carmen Agra Deedy is an internationally known author of children’s literature, a storyteller and radio contributor. Born in Havana, Cuba, she immigrated to the United States with her family in 1963 after the Cuban Revolution. Deedy grew up in Decatur, Georgia and currently lives in Atlanta and has three daughters.


Average rating: 4.08 · 4,226 ratings · 1,005 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
14 Cows for America
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 1,190 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A ...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,077 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
Martina the Beautiful Cockr...
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
The Library Dragon
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 616 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
The Yellow Star: The Legend...
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
Return of the Library Dragon
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2012
Agatha's Feather Bed: Not J...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions
The Last Dance
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1995
The Secret of Old Zeb
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
Growing Up Cuban in Decatur...
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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“Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.”
Carmen Agra Deedy, 14 Cows for America

“It is not enough to say you are sorry. You must utterly own the terrible thing you have done. You must cast no blame on the one you have injured. Rather, accept every molecule of the responsibility, even if reason and self-preservation scream against it. Then, and only then, will the words 'I am sorry' have meaning.”
Carmen Agra Deedy, The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

“If one mouse is a spark...then ten thousand are a conflagration.”
Carmen Agra Deedy, The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

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