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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