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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Lori Degman


Lori Degman is a teacher of Deaf/Hard of Hearing students by day and a writer of picture books by night, weekend and school holiday.  She lives in a northern suburb of Chicago with her husband and two dogs.  Her debut picture book, 1 Zany Zoo was the winner of the Cheerios New Author Contest and a mini version was distributed inside 2.2 million boxes of Cheerios.  The hardcover, published by Simon & Schuster in 2010, is now in it’s third printing. 1 Zany Zoo won the Mother's Choice Award - Gold Level for Picture Book Humor in 2012 and has been nominated for the 2012-2013 South Carolina Picture Book Award.  Ms. Degman’s second picture book, Cock-a-Doodle Oops! will be released by Creston Books in Spring, 2014.

Learn more about Lori on her website!



Posted by TJ Shay at 7:00 AM
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  1. Peter H. ReynoldsSeptember 3, 2013 at 8:15 AM

    Lori! Fab dot : ) As an ishful thinker, I am a fan of "oops" - as is my buddy, Barney Saltzberg!

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  2. Lori DegmanSeptember 3, 2013 at 4:29 PM

    Thanks, Peter! I've been a fan of yours for a long time and just discovered Barney Saltzberg's books at the SCBWI LA conference!

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  3. jan godown anninoSeptember 5, 2014 at 6:27 PM

    Lori, I luv your oops! dot. I say that a lot.

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  4. Lori DegmanSeptember 15, 2014 at 9:40 PM

    Me too, Jan!!

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  5. Sarvinder's BlogSeptember 6, 2017 at 8:50 AM

    Hi Laurie. OOPS! I meant Lori. Anyway, I like your dot a lot!

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