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Catherine Matthias

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I was an outdoor child - biking, swimming, endless nights of tag, hide-and-seek, and touch football. My book reading occurred at night, snuggled in bed, the light on past midnight, telling myself the lie, “Just one more chapter.”

My love of picture books became deep and enduring in my early twenties, when I taught in a preschool (though teaching toddlers is more like being a Maypole, something they can dash around and occasionally hold onto).

Half my lifetime ago, six of my books were published by Children’s Press, now an imprint of Scholastic. Four titles were part of their Rookie Reader series: Too Many Balloons, I Love Cats, Over-Under, and Out the Door. Two nonfiction titles: I Can Be a Police Officer and I Can Be a Computer Operator wer ...more

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	I Love Cats 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1983 — 8 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
	Too Many Balloons by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Gene Sharp (illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1982 — 11 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
	Out the Door by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Eileen Mueller Neill (Illustrator) 3.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1982 — 6 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
	Over Under by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Robert L. Hillerich 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1984 — 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
	A Rookie Reader: Purple Is Part of a Rainbow, Too Many Balloons, I Love Cats: Level B, Grades K-1 by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Carolyn Kowalczyk, Gene Sharp (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	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
	I Can Be a Police Officer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984 — 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 Word Gobblers: A Handbook for Parents Working with Children Struggling to Read 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	I Can Be a Computer Operator really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985 — 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

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Catherine Matthias rated a book it was amazing The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (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
This book will make you look at the world, both micro and macro, differently. Then perhaps find a cave to hide in... or at least yell "incoming" more often. ...more
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If you love historical fiction, you'd have to love this book. Intricate and intriguing, it held me from first word to last. Who know 12th century England could be so fascinating... and dangerous. ...more
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Catherine Matthias rated a book it was amazing The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin D. Mitnick	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
This book is meant to scare you. Technology and social media have exposed us all to cyber theft. It's not an easy read for those of us not immersed in the technology, but if you take away one thing - it's use longer (25 mixed-characters) passwords, a ...more
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