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""A warm tribute to a Wisconsin country doctor and the community spirit that launched an unusual fundraiser. Memorable pictures of what a worthy life, and a million pennies, might look like."" * Kirkus Reviews *

""A warm tribute to a Wisconsin country doctor and the community spirit that launched an unusual fundraiser. Memorable pictures of what a worthy life, and a million pennies, might look like."" * Kirkus Reviews * ""Preus and Zollars excel at anchoring both human and numerical stories, conveying via first-person prose and crisp, digitally colored graphite images the expansive impact of both one doctor and all those pennies."" * Publishers Weekly *

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Margi Preus has written numerous acclaimed children’s books, including the Newbery Honor book Heart of a Samurai, the Minnesota Book Award–winning West of the Moon, and the Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Award–winning Enchantment Lake mystery series. Her books have been honored as ALA/ALSC Notables, landed on the New York Times bestseller list and many other “best-of” lists, been featured on NPR, and selected as community reads. Her picture books include The Littlest Voyageur, Storm’s Coming, Celebritrees, and The Legend of the Ladyslipper. When not writing, Preus enjoys traveling, speaking, and visiting schools all over the world. At home in Duluth, Minnesota, she likes to ski, hike, paddle, or sit quietly with a book in her lap. Jaime Zollars is the illustrator of the middle-grade novel Wicked Nix and the artist behind the iconic covers of the Greenglass House series. She is also the author-illustrator of the picture book The Truth About Dragons. Her art has been recognized by American Illustration, Communication Arts, the Society of Illustrators, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, among others. She lives in Southern California.

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