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Sally Derby

Sally is the author of seven books for children: "My Steps" (Lee & Low, 1996) picked by Child magazine as one of the best children's books of 1996, Spanish version "Mi Escalera," 1998; "King Kenrick's Splinter" (Walker and Company, 1994) an IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award winner; "Jacob and the Stranger" (Ticknor and Fields, 1994) winner of the 1996 Rhode Island Children's Book Award and the Anne Izard Storyteller's Choice award; "The Mouse Who Owned the Sun" (Four Winds, 1993)."Taiko on a Windy Night,"(Henry Holt, 2001) and "Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas," (Henry Holt, 2001) picked by Smithsonian Magazine as one of the best picture books of 2001.  Other titles “Two Fools and a Horse” – 2003;  “The Wacky Substitute” – 2005; “Whoosh Went the Wind” – 2006; “No Mush Today” 2008