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Robert Kimmel Smith

“Humor is a big part of me, perhaps because I find life hard to get through without looking on the funny side. But humor is not why I write, it’s kind of a side dish that comes with the main course. More important for me is that my work projects warmth, love, compassion and a feeling of family,”—Robert Kimmel Smith

Robert Kimmel Smith’s The War with Grandpa has received 11 State Reading Awards including the William Allen White Award and the California Young Reader Medal. Robert Kimmel Smith is the recipient of the New York Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for the... Read More