title: The Dragonfly Hunter Coloring Book (Critter Crawler Collection)
author:  Amanda Spiers Sanford 
description: Amanda Spiers Sanford is an artist of all things muddy and coated with paint. Indigenous characteristics are evident in all of her original works of art whether illustrated by the bumble bee sunbathing on a handbuilt pottery plate or the floral replicated with the stroke of a brush. She draws her inspiration from the wonderful, intricate tapestry drawn by nature every day. Refining her skills as an artist continues to be a lifelong pursuit for Amanda. Amanda has been learning and growing her trade since childhood. What started out as feigned attempts at drawing butterflies with a Crayola box has shaped itself into a refined and naturalized style of art honed over endless hours of experimentation, lots of failures and constant searches of inspiration. She has won several local, state, and national level awards. Her art was displayed in our nations capital in 2007 and currently exhibits work at the Mississippi state capital. Amanda has been the featured artist for the Saenger Theater, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, March of Dimes Signature Chef, Hattiesburg Historic Downtown Association, American Heart Association and Off the Tracks Fine Arts gallery. Amanda is the featured alum in the 2013 summer issue of the Talon, The University of Southern Mississippis magazine, for her donation of a silhouette rendering of the Ogle Tree House. Amanda is an active member of the South Mississippi Art Association and placed first in oils and acrylics at the 2012 annual art competition for Pick Up Sticks. This piece was later purchased by the City of Hattiesburg as a backdrop for 2013 marketing for downtown Hattiesburg. Amanda illustrated and wrote The Dragonfly Hunter, in late 2013. She is looking forward to The Dragonfly Hunter paving the way for a series of childrens books about nature and moments derived from personal experiences.
zlib_text: Gathering Blue
  Lois Lowry
  
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  HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON 
  Walter Lorraine Books
  
  Walter Lorraine Books Copyright © 2000 by Lois Lowry
  All rights reserved. For information about permission 
  to reproduce selections from this book, write to 
  Permissions, Houghton Miﬄin Company, 215 Park 
  Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lowry,
  Lois. 
  Gathering Blue / by Lois Lowry. 
  p. cm. 
  Summary: Lamed and suddenly orphaned, Kira is
  mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the
  palatial Council Ediﬁce, where she is expected to use her
  gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful
  Guardians. 
  ISBN 0-618-05581-9 
  [1. Science ﬁction.] I. Title.
  PZ7.L9673 Gat 2000 
  [Fic]—dc21 00-024359
  Printed in the United States of America 
  RRD 10 9 8
  
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  "Mother?"
  There was no reply. She hadn't expected one. Her moth