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Dan Santat

Dan Santat is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of over a hundred books. His picture book The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend received the Caldecott Medal. He also illustrated The Blur, Lift, and Drawn Together, both written by Minh Lê, which received critical acclaim. Dan is also the creator of the Disney animated hit The Replacements. He lives in Southern California with his family.
Don't Trust Fish
A Copycat Conundrum (The Misfits)
Built to Last
Roar-Choo!
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)
The Blur
A New Day
The Little Engine That Could: 90th Anniversary Edition
Dad and the Dinosaur
Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks
Ninja Red Riding Hood
Comics Squad: Recess!
The Three Ninja Pigs

Books

Don't Trust Fish
A Copycat Conundrum (The Misfits)
Built to Last
Roar-Choo!
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)
The Blur
A New Day
The Little Engine That Could: 90th Anniversary Edition
Dad and the Dinosaur
Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks
Ninja Red Riding Hood
Comics Squad: Recess!
The Three Ninja Pigs

Built to Last

Meet two friends who think they’re building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they’ve been building something far greater–a sturdy, solid friendship–in this picturebook by award-winning creators. Two kids build entire worlds out of blocks, cardboard, and imagination. From boats attacked by a sea creature to a castle crumbling into the ocean. And

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Real To Me

An acclaimed author and a Coretta Scott King Honoree pair up for this tender story about friendship and accepting change. Two best friends (one of whom is imaginary) are inseparable until the day when one of them unexpectedly disappears. Others tried to tell me that she wasn’t real, that she was just imaginary. But what did they know? She was real to me. Then one

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The Blur

Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her in this sweetly funny picture book about the blur of childhood, from the award-winning creators of Drawn Together.   From the very beginning, there was something different about this child… An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs.

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