M. LeBARON MEYERS, Author
was born
in California in 1976. M for Michelle is the daughter of Bill and Cathie
(LeBaron) Meyers and has an older brother, Charlie. As her Father is a
coach, she has lived in many cities throughout the United States. At the
time she wrote the verse for THE HAPPENING OF GIRROO she
was a student at UCLA in Los Angeles, where her friends called her
LeBaron. She now works in New York for the investment firm of Loomis
Sayles.
Michelle enjoys sports, writing, coaching basketball, and
was a teen counselor at the UCLA Summer Camp in Arrowhead during her
college years. Although she has written many essays, papers, articles,
etc., this is her first book.
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This is an unusual children's book,
written in
clever rhyme with charming illustrations.
It tells the story of
GIRROO,
a wonderfully unique animal
who is half giraffe and half
kangaroo.
Girroo's story touchingly teaches us
that differences
are special
and shows the importance of being
compassionate and
understanding of others.
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EMILY LeBARRON, Illustrator
was born in
Hong Kong in 1983. She lived there for seven years, moved to Singapore in
1990, and then moved to London in 1996 where she now lives.
She enjoys sports, traveling, animals, playing the violin,
and drawing caricatures of friends, teachers, and people in the world of
politics and entertainment. Shis is her first children's book designed at
age thirteen. At the present time, she is an illustrator for her school
paper at Marymount High School in London.
Emily is the daughter of Rogers and Nancy LeBaron, and has a
younger brother Christopher, and a well-loved dog, Socks.
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