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Nancy Tupper Ling is a children's author, poet, librarian, and domestic engineer, not necessarily in that order. An award-winning author, Ling has numerous publications in poetry journals. Her next picture book, One Perfect Plan: The Bible's Big Stories in Tiny Poems (WaterBrook). Her other titles include: For Every Little Thing (Eerdmans); The Yin-Yang Sisters and the Dragon Frightful (Putnam Young Readers 2018); Family Celebrations (Andrews McMeel 2018); TOASTS: The Perfect Words to Celebrate Every Occasion (Viva Editions, 2014); Double Happiness (Chronicle Books, Oct 2015), and The Story I'll Tell (Lee & Low Books, Nov 2015). In 2005 she became the recipient of the Writer's Digest Grand Prize. In 2009 her first picture book, My Sister, A ...more

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	Double Happiness by Nancy Tupper Ling (Goodreads Author), Alina Chau (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Yin-Yang Sisters and the Dragon Frightful by Nancy Tupper Ling (Goodreads Author), Andrea Offermann (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Story I'll Tell 3.84 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	My Sister, Alicia May by Nancy Tupper Ling (Goodreads Author), Shennen Bersani (Illustrator) 4.52 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	One Perfect Plan: The Bible's Big Story in Tiny Poems by Nancy Tupper Ling (Goodreads Author), Alina Chau (Illustrator) 4.68 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Hearts in My Pocket by Nancy Tupper Ling (Goodreads Author), Shirley Ng-Benitez (illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 66 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
	For Every Little Thing: Poems and Prayers to Celebrate the Day by June Cotner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nancy Tupper Ling (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Helen Cann (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 67 ratings — 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
	Bless the Earth: A Collection of Poetry for Children to Celebrate and Care for Our World by June Cotner (Goodreads Author), Keum Jin Song (Illustrator), Nancy Tupper Ling (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 30 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
	Friends & Anemones: Ocean Poems for Children by Kristen Wixted, Peter H. Reynolds, Josh Funk (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2020 — 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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