A SPECIAL THANK YOU to my wonderful team of beta readers: Anastasia Tureson, Ava Letter, Emily Sharapan, Kaitlyn Egan, Leni Schrader, Mackenzie Peña-Martinez, Margeaux Denning-Duke, Mark & Marjie McDonald, Catherine McArdle, Kate Ice, Robin Trott and the students at Glacial Hills Elementary School, Starbuck, MN, USA for their feedback and insights, which always help tremendously in making every book the best it can be.
Thank you to Lee Batchelor for the use of his beautiful font “5th Grade Cursive” to create the images of the hidden note/letter to Santa, under the Creative Commons Licence.
To Melanie G. Howe—thank you for being the best friend any writer could ask for and for being with me every step of the way on this incredible journey.
Lastly, I am always grateful to my amazing husband for his belief in me and his unwavering support and encouragement. And, of course, to Honey—though she is no longer with us—she continues to inspire me from over the Rainbow Bridge. It is wonderful to think of her living on in these stories and as the silhouette model on the book covers.
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COPYRIGHT © 2014 BY H.Y. Hanna
All rights reserved.
ISBN-13: 978-0-9941276-1-7
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