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Marsha Diane Arnold

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Kingman, Kansas, The United States

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Called a “born storyteller” by the media, Marsha Diane Arnold is a picture book author of 21 books, with over one million books sold. Her books have garnered honors from Best First Book to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Smithsonian Notable and won state book awards. Her more recent books include Houghton Mifflin’s WAITING FOR SNOW, illustrated by Renata Liwska, and Roaring Brook Press’ LOST. FOUND., a Junior Library Guild selection which received three starred reviews and was illustrated by Caldecott winner Matthew Cordell. MAY I COME IN?, a book about inclusion and kindness, has just been released from Sleeping Bear Press and four new books are coming, including a bilingual book from Lee & Low, GALÁPAGOS GIRL.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 3,621 ratings · 833 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Roar of a Snore by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Pierre Pratt (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lost. Found.: A Picture Book by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Matthew Cordell (Illustrator) 3.61 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Waiting for Snow by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Renata Liwska (Illustrator) 3.61 avg rating — 491 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Badger's Perfect Garden by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Ramona Kaulitzki (Illustrations) 4.01 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Baby Animals Take a Bath by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Phyllis Limbacher Tildes (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 281 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Brad Sneed (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	May I Come In? 3.68 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Quick, Quack, Quick! 3.89 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lights Out by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Susan Reagan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 119 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Mine. Yours. by Marsha Diane Arnold (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrations) 3.10 avg rating — 146 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Marsha Arnold rated a book it was amazing Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln by Beth Anderson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
Every week I bring home twenty picture books to read and study. I only find a few that I consider truly worthy of a young child’s library. This week, Beth Anderson’s Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln, was at the t ...more
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