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    As Quiet as a Mouse
    As Quiet as a Mouse
    As Quiet as a Mouse
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    As Quiet as a Mouse

    By Karen Owen and Evgenia Golubeva

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    Edgar keeps waking up his new baby sister, but he can't help being noisy. Luckily, his friend Ruby has an idea! Can Edgar learn to be as quiet as a mouse? This story about Edgar the elephant trying to be quiet for his baby sister uses carefully leveled text and full-color illustrations to introduce young children to reading.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2019
    ISBN9781541567863
    As Quiet as a Mouse
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    Karen Owen

    Karen Owen has been partially deaf since childhood, and wrote the character Callie in Major and Mynah (publishing summer 2022) to reflect who she wanted to be when she was younger – funny, clever and with a special gift to hear something that other people cannot. She was brought up in Kent and currently lives in London.

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