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At a Time of Vast Human Healing, Writer Vita Murrow Looks to Our Animal Neighbors for Support

March 8, 2021 by Alaina Lavoie

The True Stories of Animal Heroes series by Vita Murrow is available from Frances Lincoln Children's Books. By Vita Murrow After years of writing about people. Reimaging the best potential in humanity, through some of our most iconic storytelling traditions, it was time for a change. In my … [Read more...] about At a Time of Vast Human Healing, Writer Vita Murrow Looks to Our Animal Neighbors for Support