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Marsha Wilson Chall has published a children's chapter book and five picture books, including Up North at the Cabin and Sugarbush Spring. Born and raised in Minnesota as an only child, she amuses herself in daydream and longs to discover new settings for those dreams. Her stories germinate in that mix of character and landscape. She hopes her books invite the reader to explore new destinations, both outward and inward. Chall enjoys teaching "Writing Children's Literature" at Metropolitan State University as well as presenting writing workshops throughout the area.
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"Eudora Welty said that "children, like animals, use all their senses to discover the world. Then artists come along and discover it the same way, all over again." So I write to interpret and preserve experience, to capture it so it can never be lost. Writing for children allows me that joy of experiencing the world over and over again for the first time. Adults lose this childlike appreciation and discovery through over-complication. I like to make the complex simple. Not simple-minded, but pared down to the essential.
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