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Picture Book · Ages 5–9 · August 20, 2024
The Thing About Love
By Linda Ashman · With Kristina Jones
A boy and his dog share a lifetime of love, even beyond goodbye.
32 pages
4.4/5 Goodreads · 32 ratings
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Linda Ashman
Biography
Linda Ashman’s picture books have been included on the “best of the year” lists of The New York Times, Parenting, and Child magazines, the New York Public Library, and many others. In addition to more than 30 children’s books, including Sterling’s Hey, Coach!, Over the River & Through the Wood, and The Twelve Days of Christmas in Colorado, she is the author of the self-published The Nuts & Bolts Guide to Writing Picture Books. She lives with her family in Chapel Hill, NC. Visit her online at lindaashman.com. Sara Sanchez creates illustrations for children’s books (mostly published in Spain) in her art studio in Madrid with the radio playing in the background and her pet rabbit sleeping near her feet. See more of her work at sanchezsara.blogspot.com.es.
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