Odd Velvet

(Hardback)

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Velvet is odd. Instead of dolls that talk an d cry, Velvet brings a milkweed pod for show and tell. She w ins the art contest using only 8 crayons, and she likes to c ollect rocks. but as the year unfolds, her classmates discov er it''s fun to be different. '

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"Listeners will be happy and...get a few new ideas for flexing their own imaginative muscles".

-- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Author Bio

Mary E. Whitcomb lives in Wisconsin with her husband, her three children, and their pets. Mary is an elementary school teacher. She collects rocks, fossils and shells much like the ones that Velvet brings to show and tell. This is her first book for childr

Tara Calahan King studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Tara lives in Ohio with her husband Rick. This is her first book for children.