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Vanessa Newton

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Vanessa Brantley Newton, author of Let Freedom Sing, was a little girl of three when she found a box of crayons and wished to be an artist. At school, Vanessa met a teacher/artist who encouraged her. Now she is living her dream. She is largely self-taught, though she has attended art school in New York. Vanessa lives in East Orange, New Jersey with her family.

Books by Vanessa Newton

Just Like Me

An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to readers of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids poring over it to find a poem that's just for them.

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