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Carrie Gleason

CARRIE GLEASON has written 18 books for children on topics ranging from explorers to natural resources, environmental issues, animal rights, and weather. She is the author of one other book on creepy crawlies entitled Feasting Bedbugs, Mites, and Ticks. She has been a children's book author and editor for more than 15 years. Carrie lives in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, where she has possibly swallowed hundreds of midges while riding her bike open-mouthed through the massive black swarms.
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Books for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, equality in the workplace, and ranges in topics from women in politics and prominent women in history to

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