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Michael Joosten

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Michael Joosten is a children's book writer and editor living in New York with his nugget-like Chihuahua, Olive. Some of the picture books that inspired his love of the genre include:King Bidgood's in the Bathtub(Don & Audrey Wood) Blueberries for Sal(Robert McCloskey) The Whingdingdilly(Bill Peet) Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters(John Steptoe) The Mitten(Alvin Tresselt & Yaroslava)

Peg Dawson

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Peg Dawson, EdD, is a staff psychologist at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. Dr. Dawson is a past president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the International School Psychology Association. She is a recipient of the National Association of School Psychologists' Lifetime Achievement Award.