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Kelly Crull is the author of a parenting book, Becoming Dad , a children's book, Clara Has a Baby Brother, and a parenting blog, spaindad.com, which was one of Google's top-ranked "baby blogs," syndicated by a number of online dad networks and featured as a link at Glamour.com. He has been featured as a new voice in parenting in various La Leche League newsletters, The Father Life magazine, AttachmentParenting.com and DIYFather.com. His parenting videos have appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Slate.com, Marca.com and have received YouTube's "Top 50 Videos of the Week" award. Kelly is originally from Iowa. He lives with his wife and two children in Madrid, Spain.

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MLS Goals of the Week: Surridge’s Linkup, Messi’s Chip and More

MLS Goals of the Week: Surridge’s Linkup, Messi’s Chip and More. Hany Mukhtar provided an outrageous assist for Sam Surridge, Lionel Messi bags two goals and more in the latest MLS Goals of the Week.

A double matchweek in MLS always brings another level to the MLS Goals of the Week selection and this week didn’t disappoint.

While Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez crack the list from Inter Miami’s 5–1 win

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	The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit 4.66 avg rating — 177 ratings — 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
	Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic 4.42 avg rating — 171 ratings — 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
	Becoming Dad: A True Story of One Man’s Transformation from Clueless Husband to Involved and Nurturing Father 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
	Grow Where You're Planted: Collected Stories on the Hallmarks of Maturing Church by Daniel Steigerwald (Editor), Kelly Crull (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
	Clara Has a Baby Brother it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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
	No llores, bebé / Don't Cry, Baby by Kelly Crull (Goodreads Author), Alejandra Quiceno (Illustrations) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	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 Chick-o-saurus 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery, #2)

by Victoria Thompson

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Unbreakable is an important story about the past and the present. A Japanese-American boy named Min is separated from his father and placed in an incarceration camp. Min learns to adapt and find beauty and strength in these harsh conditions.
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An important book about a child whose parent has a mood disorder. The book does a good job of describing how stressful and confusing this can be for a child and also shows that an adult with a mood disorder is also a person capable of love and joy ju ...more
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