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E. Dantes

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Website

http://www.toosparrow.com

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toosparrow

Genre

Children's

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Shel Silverstein, William Shakespeare, Dr. Seuss, W B Yeats, Hergé & R ...more

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February 2013

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Hi, I'm Dantes, the author of a new series of illustrated children’s books about a little sparrow named Too.

When my publisher’s initially asked me to write a biography for GoodReads, I conformed and wrote the usual public relations blurb. However after I reviewed the piece, it felt impersonal and wrong. Instead, I wanted to take this opportunity to express how and why Children’s literature is and always will be important to me.

Due to my father’s job, my early years were spent running barefoot around the wildernesses of the world and though it gave me a rich appreciation of “Bonne Terre” - literacy came a little later than most. Yet every night literature was still there, with either my mother or father reading a bedtime story.

Concerned with ...more

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Out Of The Mouths of Babes

It’s blog time again.

According to the kind people at Playroom Books I need a new piece to coincide with the release of the second story “Cry Ouef”. The problem is that when you spend six months living and breathing every small detail, the last thing you want to do is write about it...

...So I won’t, instead I would like to use this blog as an appeal. Ladies and Gentlemen of Goodreads, I need your q Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 26, 2013 08:19 • Tags: children-s-books, cry-wolf, fables, nursery-rhyme, quips, serendipity

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Average rating: 4.37 · 19 ratings · 8 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Little Sparrow Named 'Too' 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 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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“Good manners cost nothing”
― E. Dantes

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“Sparrow Rulz!”
― E. Dantes, The Little Sparrow Named 'Too'

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“Learning is the Olive Pit Of Peace”
― E. Dantes

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“The boos always come from the cheap seats.

We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others”
― James Lee Burke

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