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lt;h2 style="text-align:center;"gt;lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1946044458" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;lt;img data-attachment-id="3566" data-permalink="https://whochainsyou.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/clarabelle-pig-comes-clean-and-takes-on-the-bullies/clarabellecover19lo-drop/" data-orig-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/clarabellecover19lo-drop.jpg?w=676" data-orig-size="648,648" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;}" data-image-title="clarabellecover19lo-drop" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/clarabellecover19lo-drop.jpg?w=676?w=500" data-large-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/clarabellecover19lo-drop.jpg?w=676?w=648" class=" size-full wp-image-3566 aligncenter" src="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/clarabellecover19lo-drop.jpg?w=676" alt="clarabellecover19lo-drop" "https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/clarabellecover19lo-drop.jpg 648w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/clarabellecover19lo-drop.jpg?w=150 150w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/clarabellecover19lo-drop.jpg?w=500 500w" sizes="(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px"gt;lt;/agt;lt;span style="color:#808000;"gt;Clarabelle Comes Cleanlt;/spangt;lt;/h2gt; lt;p style="text-align:center;"gt;lt;stronggt;by Timothy J. Verretlt;/stronggt;lt;brgt; lt;stronggt;Illustrated by April Pedersenlt;/stronggt;lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;Clarabelle Pig was drinking from the school water fountain when Barrett Frog hopped in front of her, blocking her. He stood with Andrea Fox and Ferdinand Rabbit, all laughing.lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;amp;ldquo;Pigs shouldnamp;rsquo;t drink out of fountains!amp;rdquo; said Barrett, leaping and chuckling.lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;amp;ldquo;Theyamp;rsquo;re too dirty,amp;rdquo; Andrea said, wrapping her gorgeous tail around her neck.lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;amp;ldquo;Oink, oink, stinky piggy!amp;rdquo; chimed in Ferdinand, holding his whiskered nose.lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;Clarabelle shook her head and stomped off to her next class. amp;ldquo;Iamp;rsquo;m so tired of those meanies saying pigs are muddy and smelly,amp;rdquo; she thought. amp;ldquo;Iamp;rsquo;m gonna prove them wrong, once and for all.amp;rdquo;lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;Find out how Clarabelle stops the hurtful name-calling in its tracks in lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1946044458" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;lt;emgt;lt;stronggt;Clarabelle Comes Cleanlt;/stronggt;lt;/emgt;lt;/agt;, a wonderful addition to humane education classwork and lessons in bullying and societal stereotyping. The book is perfect for ages 6 and up, and the illustrations keep the attention of younger students too in parental, library, and classroom read-alongs.lt;/pgt; lt;p align="center"gt;lt;stronggt;lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1946044458" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;Buy in Paperbacklt;/agt; | lt;/stronggt;lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P383JN2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;lt;stronggt;Buy on Kindlelt;/stronggt;lt;/agt;lt;/pgt; lt;h3 style="text-align:center;"gt;lt;span style="color:#808000;"gt;lt;stronggt;About the Authorlt;/stronggt;lt;/spangt;lt;/h3gt; lt;p style="text-align:justify;"gt;lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooksamp;rh=p_27:Timothy J. Verretamp;s=relevancerankamp;text=Timothy J. Verretamp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;lt;stronggt;lt;img data-attachment-id="3568" data-permalink="https://whochainsyou.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/clarabelle-pig-comes-clean-and-takes-on-the-bullies/tim-pic/" data-orig-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=342amp;h=228" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;1amp;quot;}" data-image-title="tim pic" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=342amp;h=228?w=500" data-large-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=342amp;h=228?w=676" class=" wp-image-3568 alignleft" src="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=342amp;h=228" alt="tim pic" height="228" "https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=342amp;h=228 342w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=684amp;h=456 684w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=150amp;h=100 150w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/tim-pic.jpg?w=500amp;h=333 500w" sizes="(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px"gt;Timothy J. Verretlt;/stronggt;lt;/agt; is an actor, playwright, and poet. This is his first published childrenamp;rsquo;s book, and he is very excited about that. Timothy is passionate about animal welfare, and always welcomes the opportunity to bridge his creative life with that of an animal rights advocate. He has had two plays published and available on Amazon: lt;emgt;lt;stronggt;the denial family lt;/stronggt;lt;/emgt;andlt;emgt;lt;stronggt; Ingentinglt;/stronggt;lt;/emgt;. Timothy also has a collection of sonnets (lt;emgt;lt;stronggt;77 Spiritual Sonnets: Storms to Serenitylt;/stronggt;lt;/emgt;) available through Amazon. Timothy received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Drama through the University of Texas at Austin, and has acted in numerous stage productions in Austin. He took on the role of Iago in Othello for which he was nominated for a national Falstaff Award for Best Male, Supporting.lt;/pgt; lt;h3 style="text-align:center;"gt;lt;span style="color:#808000;"gt;About the Illustratorlt;/spangt;lt;/h3gt; lt;p style="text-align:justify;"gt;lt;img data-attachment-id="1235" data-permalink="https://whochainsyou.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/new-childrens-book-highlights-a-rescue-rats-search-for-a-home-of-her-own/aprilpedersen/" data-orig-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=306amp;h=289" data-orig-size="1500,1416" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;2.4amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;iPod touchamp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;3848504amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;3.85amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;80amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0.0013908205841446amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;1amp;quot;}" data-image-title="aprilpedersen" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=306amp;h=289?w=500" data-large-file="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=306amp;h=289?w=676" class=" wp-image-1235 alignleft" src="https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=306amp;h=289" alt="aprilpedersen" height="289" "https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=306amp;h=289 306w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=612amp;h=578 612w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=150amp;h=142 150w, https://whochainsyou.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprilpedersen.jpg?w=500amp;h=472 500w" sizes="(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px"gt;Our whimsical artist, lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooksamp;rh=p_27:April Pedersenamp;s=relevancerankamp;text=April Pedersenamp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;April Pedersenlt;/agt;, is a freelancer based in Reno, Nevada. She is partial to frogs, geocaching, science fiction, video poker, and chess.lt;/pgt; lt;p style="text-align:justify;"gt;April is the author and illustrator of lt;emgt;lt;stronggt;lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooksamp;rh=p_27:April Pedersenamp;s=relevancerankamp;text=April Pedersenamp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;Slow Moe, lt;/agt;lt;/stronggt;lt;/emgt;lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooksamp;rh=p_27:April Pedersenamp;s=relevancerankamp;text=April Pedersenamp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt;and the illustrator oflt;/agt;lt;emgt;lt;stronggt;lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooksamp;rh=p_27:April Pedersenamp;s=relevancerankamp;text=April Pedersenamp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"gt; Adopting Adele, Brave Benny, Bravoamp;rsquo;s Freedom, Happy Dog Coloring Book, A Tail of Two Christmases, Dandelionamp;rsquo;s Dream, Clarabelle Comes Clean, and Courageous Conner.lt;/agt;lt;/stronggt;lt;/emgt;lt;/pgt; lt;div id="atatags-370373-5c7a811ebd849"gt; lt;/divgt; lt;div class="wpcnt"gt; lt;div class="wpa wpmrec"gt; lt;span class="wpa-about"gt;Advertisementslt;/spangt; lt;div class="u"gt; lt;div style="padding-bottom:15px;width:300px;height:250px;float:left;margin-right:5px;margin-top:0px"gt; lt;div id="atatags-26942-5c7a811ebd873"gt; lt;/divgt;lt;/divgt; lt;div style="padding-bottom:15px;width:300px;height:250px;float:left;margin-top:0px"gt; lt;div id="atatags-114160-5c7a811ebd875"gt; lt;/divgt;lt;/divgt;lt;/divgt; lt;/divgt; lt;/divgt;