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Refe’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Refe’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Well, now. That would be giving it away, wouldn't it?
(Also, I don't think "why did my insurance company reject that claim" would make for a very good children's book.)
(Also, I don't think "why did my insurance company reject that claim" would make for a very good children's book.)
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What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night
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2014
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What the Dinosaurs Did at School: Another Messy Adventure
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Frances and the Monster
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2022
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What the Dinosaurs Did the Night Before Christmas
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Frances and the Werewolves of the Black Forest (The Frances Stenzel Series, #2)
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What the Dinosaurs Did at School
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Bartleby Snopes Issue 10
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2013
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By Tuma, Refe ( Author ) [ { What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night } ]Oct-2014 Hardcover
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Starred review for FRANCES!
Check out the latest issue of Publisher's Weekly for a STARRED review for Frances and the Monster!
I'm so glad the reviewer connected with the story and I'm beyond thrilled to receive such a glowing review.
Here's what they had to say:
"Bursting with wry humor…Tuma’s…idiosyncratic, utterly original tale moves at breakneck speed through a richly imagined landscape, accumulating vividly rendered chara Read more of this blog post »
I'm so glad the reviewer connected with the story and I'm beyond thrilled to receive such a glowing review.
Here's what they had to say:
"Bursting with wry humor…Tuma’s…idiosyncratic, utterly original tale moves at breakneck speed through a richly imagined landscape, accumulating vividly rendered chara Read more of this blog post »
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“No one's coming to rescue us," Luca said, still looking sideways at Frances.
"If that's what you mean."
"In that case," Hilde said, "welcome to the Black Forest." She slipped the machete from its leather holster and snapped her fingers to bring the dogs to heel. "Here, we rescue ourselves.”
― Frances and the Werewolves of the Black Forest
"If that's what you mean."
"In that case," Hilde said, "welcome to the Black Forest." She slipped the machete from its leather holster and snapped her fingers to bring the dogs to heel. "Here, we rescue ourselves.”
― Frances and the Werewolves of the Black Forest
“Hobbes's voice remained calm. "We can always go home. The creature will be apprehended eventually—perhaps by our zealous Constable Montavon. There is no shame in defeat."
"Of course there's shame in defeat," Frances said, shaking her head. "That's where shame comes from.”
― Frances and the Monster
"Of course there's shame in defeat," Frances said, shaking her head. "That's where shame comes from.”
― Frances and the Monster
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“Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas.”
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“Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd naturally do.”
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“As humans, reality for us is largely based on other people's perceptions. If there's 20 bodies in your crawl space but you haven't been caught yet, you tell yourself you're still a birthday clown, and that's how you keep doing it.”
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“I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.”
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“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
― Winnie-the-Pooh
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