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[Coop and Dino singing]

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Eve Bunting is a well-known and loved children’s book author. [Even sitting in a chair]

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Especially by her pet squirrel, Nutters, but uh…by her legions of adoring fans as well.

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Bunting was born in Ireland and grew up listening to others tell stories. [Girl telling story to children on a farm]

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It wasn’t long before she realized that…she loved telling stories herself.

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Her mother started a lending library in their little town because there was no library yet. [Eve's mother walks out of book lending store]

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Someone was sure angling for the Mother of the Year Award…

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Bunting moved to California when she was an adult…

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…and started to write stories herself after attending a creative writing class in college. [Eve in creativity 101 class]

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The class had gotten her creative juices flowing, and she needed some way to,

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um… bottle ‘em. [Person bottles creative juices]

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Writing children’s books proved to be the answer.

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Bunting loved injecting her stories with humor… …but most importantly, she wanted to write

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books that made children think. [Boy appears above a desk]

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Her books feature issues like prejudice, racism, death, broken families, and so on.

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Reeeeeal uppers.

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Bunting has won many awards for her books.

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And not just from her parents, either. [Bunting's trophy for being a daughter award]

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The little town where she grew up now has a full-blown library…

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…and it has a whole section devoted to Eve Bunting’s books. [Section of library with Eve's books]

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They still get upset with her when she doesn’t bring one of her books back before the due

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date though…

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Hey.

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Rules are rules. [Eve returning a book at the checkout]

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