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    Eliza Farnham
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    James Jones
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    Frank Norris
    McTeague; A man's woman; Octopus...
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Tamara Barker

Born:
Connection to Illinois: Barker resides in Chicago.

Biography: Tamara Barker loves writing children's picture and board books that will make you laugh, smile and want to dance. Born and raised in Canada, she is a Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Care and Educational Specialist.

Awards:
  • Babies Around the World: Dancing - Illinois READS Book Selection, Illinois Reading Council, 2022

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children

Web: https://www.tamarabarker.com/

Selected Titles

Babies Around the World: Dancing
ISBN: 1947458787 OCLC:

duopress 2019

Party away with an international lineup of babies who welcome you to their amazing countries. Let's boogie with them all around this musical planet --

 

 

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