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    Pickup Pals
    Pickup Pals
    Pickup Pals
    Ebook35 pages5 minutes

    Pickup Pals

    By Melinda M. Fons and James Yano

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    Six-year-old Stella is so excited to go on a field trip with her class to the local nature center. While she is riding on the bus to the center, Stella sees garbage scattered alongside the road and wonders how all that litter got there.

    In this children’s story with an important message, a little girl on a field trip with her class learns how she and her pickup pals can do small things every day to ensure Earth stays beautiful and healthy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateFeb 26, 2023
    ISBN9781663246127
    Pickup Pals
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    Melinda M. Fons

    Melinda M. Fons (Lin) earned a degree in nursing from Oakland University near Detroit, Michigan. She has two adult children and three inquisitive grandchildren. Melinda is a self-proclaimed environmental activist who spends her free time picking up trash. Pickup Pals is her first book.

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