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    The Hobo's Crowbar
    The Hobo's Crowbar
    The Hobo's Crowbar
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    The Hobo's Crowbar

    By JonArno Lawson

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    Award-winning children’s poet JonArno Lawson presents The Hobo’s Crowbar, a collection of poems brimming with whimsical wordplay, rollicking rhymes, and funny, profound, occasionally contrarian life lessons for children of all ages.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherporcupinequill
    Release dateSep 30, 2016
    ISBN9780889848368
    The Hobo's Crowbar
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    JonArno Lawson

    JONARNO LAWSON is the author of numerous books for children and adults, including The Playgrounds of Babel, illustrated by Piet Grobler, and Leap!, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon. He has also collaborated on books with Nelson Ball, Alec Dempster, Nahid Kazemi, Amjad Jaimoukha, Qin Leng, Daniel Ratthei and Sherwin Tjia. His most recent book is Wise Up! Wise Down!, a collaboration with the poet John Agard, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura. JonArno lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his family.

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