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Squirrel needs to find a place to hide his hazelnut before winter comes. In his hurry, he bumps into Cottontail Rabbit, Opossum, Red Fox, and more. This 32-page, full-color children’s book will captivate pre-readers with its illustrations and detail. Written and Illustrated by Onalee Nicklin

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Journal of true Kansas stories: collected, published, and printed right here in Kansas

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Kansas journal of creative nonfiction.

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By James Kenyon; tales of 23 cats and the people who loved them. Dr. James Kenyon has been married for fifty years to Cynthia, the city girl who fell in love with a farm boy. Dr. Kenyon is a graduate of the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Kansas State Veterinary Distinguished Alumni recipient. He served in the US Army Veterinary Corps and was a major for thirteen years in the Army Reserves. James is an eight-time veterinary volunteer for the Iditarod Alaskan dog sled race. He is a past president of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association as well as chairman of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Examining Board.

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Travel memoir by Lisa D. Stewart. At 54, Lisa Stewart set out to regain the fearless girl she once had been, riding her horse, Chief, 500 miles home. Hot, homeless, and horseback, she snapped back into every original cell. On an extraordinary homegoing from Kansas City to Bates and Vernon Counties in Missouri, Lisa exhausted herself, faced her past, trusted strangers, and stayed in the middle of her high-strung horse to document modern rural America, the people, animals, and land.

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By Jerilynn Henrikson; Martha grew up in the small town of Neosho Rapids, Kansas, at the turn of the 20th century.

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Poetry by Kevin Rabas Past Poet Laureate of Kansas (2017-2019) Kevin Rabas teaches at Emporia State University, where he leads the poetry and playwriting tracks and chairs the Department of English, Modern Languages, and Journalism. He has fourteen other books, including Lisa's Flying Electric Piano, a Kansas Notable Book and Nelson Poetry Book Award winner. He is the recipient of the Emporia State President's and Liberal Arts & Sciences Awards for Research and Creativity, and he is the winner of the Langston Hughes Award for Poetry. His plays have been performed across Kansas and on both coasts.

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By Robern Rebein; contemporary Western set in Dodge City, Kansas. Robert Rebein grew up in and around Dodge City, Kansas, where his family has farmed and ranched since the 1920s. He is the author of two award-winning collections of memoir essays. The Last Rancher is his first novel.

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