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Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (Anniversary Edition) - Hardcover

Kehret, Peg

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9780807574591: Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (Anniversary Edition)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0807574597 ISBN 13: 9780807574591
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2006

Synopsis

This anniversary edition includes an updated and extended epilogue about the author's experiences since the original publication. It also includes twelve pages of new photos and a lengthy section about polio, past and present.

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About the Author

Peg Kehret (last name pronounced like carrot) is an American writer. Her writing primarily targets younger children between the ages of 8 and 14.

Kehret was born on November 11, 1936 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Her family and she moved to Austin, Minnesota in 1944. In 1949, at the age of twelve, Kehret was diagnosed with polio and spent the next nine months of her life in hospitals such as sheltering arms. She made a full recovery, and in 1954 graduated from high school. She married Carl Kehret on July 2, 1955, and they moved to California and adopted two children, Anne and Bob. Her first children's book, Winning Monologs for Young Actors, was published in 1985. In 1986, Kehret won her first Children's Book Award. Kehret currently lives in Washington.

From the Inside Flap

This anniversary edition includes an updated and extended epilogue about the author's experiences since the original publication. It also includes twelve pages of new photos and a lengthy section about polio, past and present.

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Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807574597
ISBN 13 
9780807574591
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
208
Rating
  • 4.44 out of 5 stars
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