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Today I Will
A Year of Notes, Quotes, and Promises to Myself

by Eileen & Jerry Spinelli
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Joy Allen

ELLEN OLSON-BROWN used to run a day care out of her home in Groton, Massachusetts. If you factor in her twin sons, she estimates she's changed around 14,910 diapers.

JOY ALLEN has illustrated more than 40 books, including the early reader books from American Girl's Hopscotch Hill School series. She lives in Northern California.

A Dollar for Penny
Written by Julie Glass
Illustrated by Joy Allen
Trade Paperback

On a beautiful summer day a young girl sets up a lemonade stand and sells enough cups of refreshment to add up to a dollar. Told in rhyme, this delightful story combines the teaching of addition with a traditional rite of childhood entrepreneurship! Read More