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Jess Keating

JESS KEATING is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age of eight, she even started a library in her room (mainly so she could charge her brother late fees). She is the author of Pink Is For Blobfish, The Girl Who Built an Ocean, Shark Lady, and many more outstanding nonfiction picture books. She lives with her husband in Ontario, Canada, where she is hard at work on her next book.
Birdlore
The Girl Who Built an Ocean
Big as a Giant Snail
Ocean Speaks
Gross as a Snot Otter
Pink Is For Blobfish
Cute as an Axolotl
What Makes a Monster?

Books

Birdlore
The Girl Who Built an Ocean
Big as a Giant Snail
Ocean Speaks
Gross as a Snot Otter
Pink Is For Blobfish
Cute as an Axolotl
What Makes a Monster?

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