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Maria L. Berg

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in Seattle, The United States

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Children's, Fiction, Thriller

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Maria Berg always wondered what her stuffed animals were up to when she wasn’t around. Over the last year, using her skills as a nature photographer, she patiently collected candid photographs of her favorite stuffed animals in action. Through her picture books she hopes to share what she’s discovered with children everywhere.

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	Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Auroras & Blossoms NaPoWriMo Anthology: 2020 Edition by Cendrine Marrouat (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Ellis (Goodreads Author), Donna Allard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	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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Yesterday’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub was to choose one of four paintings by Chagall and write an ekphrastic poem. My focus this year is surreality. As Chagall’s dream imagery had an influence on the surrealists, I felt inspired to start my surreality posts with a poem to this prompt. Return to an Upside-downContinue reading "An Upside Down World" Read more of this blog post »

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Lessons in Chemistry

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The Uncomfortable Dead

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Writing in the Dark

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