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I was a third grade bodyguard

When Brian takes care of the third-grade class's pet chicken during Christmas vacation, Arful, his talking dog, has his paws full watching over it.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Auch, Mary Jane
Other Authors:	Auch, Herm (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, c2003.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Dogs > Juvenile fiction. Chickens > Juvenile fiction. Pets > Juvenile fiction. Christmas > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	When Brian takes care of the third-grade class's pet chicken during Christmas vacation, Arful, his talking dog, has his paws full watching over it.
Physical Description:	73 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:	0823417751
Author Notes:	As a child, Mary Jane Auch loved books and read constantly. Her interest in drawing began as a child and continued through high school. She went on to become an art major at Skidmore College. After graduation, Auch went for New York City, but after a year of designing prints for men's pajamas, she decided she wanted to do something more meaningful with her life. She enrolled in the Occupational Therapy program at Columbia University, and worked for some years in a children's hospital near Hartford, Connecticut. Eventually, Auch began illustrating for Pennywhistle Press, a national children's newspaper, which led to an interest in illustrating children's books. In the summer of 1984, Auch took a week-long children's writing conference on Cape Cod. Auch finally knew that she wanted to a writer when an instructor told her that sometimes artists find they can paint better pictures with words. She began sending manuscripts to publishers, writing four novels before she sold the first one. She then sold a second book to another publisher the same week. She continued writing books for older kids, abandoning her dream of illustrating for a while. After writing nine books, she wrote and illustrated The Easter Egg Farm, and has done both ever since. (Bowker Author Biography)