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A Lantern of Firflies: An Illustrated Treasury of Tales of Adventure, Discovery, and Magic (2015)
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A Lantern of Firflies: An Illustrated Treasury of Tales of Adventure, Discovery, and Magic (2015)

826michigan's 2015 student publication, which features twenty Huron High ninth-graders and class of second-grade students from Mitchell Elementary. The students produced the collection of bedtime stories—they wrote the stories that they wish they'd had when they were younger. Each of the stories has been thoughtfully illustrated, with input from the student writers, by a different artist, including Caldecott winners. Available for purchase here.

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