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		<title>Why picture books are important</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daily Doodle Challenge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this day and age, there are so many forms of entertainment, from TV and DVDs to hand held video games and phone apps. The simple pleasures of a book have become buried under all the technology. When I was a child, my parents only allowed my brother and I two hours of TV a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twain, the &#8220;N&#8221; word and creatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Huckleberry Finn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot of talk about word cleaning of Mark Twain&#8217;s Huckleberry Finn. If you ask me, I think Sam is rolling over in his grave. Mr. Clemens was not a man to pull punches. Anyone who reads any of his non-fictional work will know that. He was a man in your face with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win Free Books!</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2009/07/08/win-free-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About me]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My book publisher is giving away 4 books. Head on over to their home page to find out how to enter. http://magicalchildbooks.com]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with picture book illustrator Nikki Shoemaker</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2009/07/08/interview-with-picture-book-illustrator-nikki-shoemaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Tour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: When did you get started illustrating for children? What did you do before? A: I was surrounded by people who acknowledged my talents, my entire life. And always knew I would go on to do something artistic. In high school, I decided to go on to art school at Columbus College of Art and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Ordinary Girl is a COVR finalist</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2009/06/05/an-ordinary-girl-is-a-covr-finalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[An Ordinary Girl A Magical Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[award finalist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[excitement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited I can barely breath. I just found out my book &#8220;An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child,&#8221; is a finalist in the 2009 COVR Visionary Awards. All finalists and winners will be announced up on stage on June 27, 2009 in Denver Colorado during the INATS Banquet. Winners will be announced at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been interviewed!!</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2009/04/06/ive-been-interviewed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been interviewed by a fellow Blueboarder. Authors on the Rise series: interview is posted here: http://www.karenkincy.com/?p=331 and here: http://ravelda.livejournal.com/333077.html. Feel free to spread the news and link away. Comments welcome.]]></description>
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		<title>November update comes screeching under the wire</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2008/11/30/november-update-comes-screcching-under-the-wire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CASA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[coloring page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yule gifts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Hi Friends! I don&#8217;t know about all of you, but my November has been quite full. In fact, it&#8217;s been so chock full it got away from me when I stopped to regroup. When I came up for air it was already the 24th! The month started with my leap into trying to write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A perfect gift for the little ones on your list</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2008/11/29/a-perfect-gift-for-the-little-ones-on-your-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fairy tale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mythology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Magical Child Books]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of Fairies?</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2008/11/17/fear-of-fairies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Watchers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love getting emails from the readers of my books. It&#8217;s what makes this all worth while. Today, one of my newsletter members Magical Child News sent a request to update her email address and a short anecdote about how Watchers help her granddaughter deal with her fear of fairies. Notes like this make me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trickster Diaries</title>
		<link>http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2008/11/14/the-trickster-diaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[diary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabbit's Song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SJ Tucker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trudy Herring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W. Lyon Martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mama Dragon aka Trudy Herring, the coauthor of our upcoming picture book &#8220;Rabbit&#8217;s Song&#8221; has graciously invited Trickster to use her livejournal page http://uglygrandmother.livejournal.com/ to record his diary of his search for animal representatives. Read the story behind the story while you wait for your copy of the book to arrive.]]></description>
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