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A Knife of Her Own: JoJo Wood

Little Acorns: Profiles by Nancy Hiller

In the late 1990s, when JoJo Wood was just a few years old, her parents moved from the county of Essex, northeast of London, to Edale in the Peak District of Derbyshire, between the industrial cities of Sheffield and Manchester. A tiny village in a remote corner of north-central England, Edale attracted hikers, especially during…

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There’s More to the Story Than Meets the Eye: A Glimpse into the Work Behind ‘The Curse of the Nannau Oak’

The Nannau Oak

Tell someone you’re working on a children’s book, and you can anticipate a few common responses – expressions of delight, followed by a short list of favorite titles and hope-filled questions such as “Will there be pictures?” People generally assume that books intended for children will be simple affairs, often with some type of moral…

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