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Jessica Spanyol

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Jessica Spanyol wrote and illustrated her first story, "Carlo the Giraffe Who Could Not Read," when she was a precocious six and a half years old. As she grew older, her literary ambitions gave way to artistic ones, and she began a career as a fine artist. But the adult Jessica Spanyol, it turned out, could not shake the memory of Carlo the giraffe. So thirty years after its writing, she determined to rework her original story.

As a result, Jessica Spanyol's CARLO LIKES READING retains a delightfully childlike sensibility, with minor alterations and eye-catching artwork added by author thirty years later. "The character Carlo," explains the author, "was based on a blow-up toy giraffe, and the name, 'Carlo,' my brother's best friend." Even Cr...more

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Books by Jessica Spanyol

Average rating: 3.45 · 103 ratings · 42 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian 3.48 avg rating — 48 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Carlo Likes Reading 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Carlo Likes Counting 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Carlo Likes Colors 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Little Neighbors on Sunnyside Street 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Giorgio and His Star Crane Train: A Mini Bugs Book 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Clemence and His Noisy Little Fire Engine: A Mini Bugs Book 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Go Bugs Go! 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Bob and His No. 1 Van: A Mini Bugs Book 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Keith And His Super Stunt Rally Racer 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating: