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Jane Yolen is a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who has written more than three hundred books. Her accolades include the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerlan Award, two Christopher Awards, and six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, the mother of three and the grandmother of six, Yolen lives in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.

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	The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 60,101 ratings — published 1988 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Mark Teague 4.17 avg rating — 37,731 ratings — published 2000 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Terri Windling (Introduction) 3.79 avg rating — 14,781 ratings — published 1992 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon's Blood (Pit Dragon Chronicles, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 12,362 ratings — published 1982 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Mark Teague (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 10,558 ratings — published 2005 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Mark Teague (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 5,535 ratings — published 2003 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sending of Dragons (Pit Dragon Chronicles, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 5,429 ratings — published 1987 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Mark Teague (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 4,039 ratings — published 2007 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

tags: childhood, disease, literature

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“Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.”
― Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

tags: happily-ever-after, perspective

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“Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.”
― Jane Yolen, The Books of Great Alta

tags: fantasy, fiction, young-adult

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March Fantasy -- The following poll decides which two selections will go on to the final round for Fantasy BOTM of March 2017.

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

15 votes, 22.1%

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

10 votes, 14.7%

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

10 votes, 14.7%

The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

9 votes, 13.2%

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

9 votes, 13.2%

The Whitefire Crossing by Courtney Schafer

9 votes, 13.2%

War with the Newts by Karel Čapek

4 votes, 5.9%

Except the Queen by Jane Yolen & Midori Snyder

2 votes, 2.9%

68 total votes

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