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Molly Beth Griffin

Molly Beth Griffin is the author of several picture books including Ten Beautiful Things, Rhoda’s Rock Hunt, and The Big Leaf Leap, as well as the award-winning young adult novel Silhouette of a Sparrow. Griffin was the recipient of the 2014 McKnight Artist Fellowship in Children’s Literature along with two Minnesota Arts Board grants. Griffin is a graduate of Hamline University’s MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She teaches writing for children at the Loft Literary Center, critiques manuscripts, visits schools, and hosts a monthly Picture Book Salon. She lives in South Minneapolis with her partner and two young children.

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The Big Leaf Leap (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2022)

Ten Beautiful Things (Charlesbridge, 2021)

School Sidekicks: Field Trip Trouble (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

School Sidekicks: Hard Hat Heroes (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

School Sidekicks: Field Day Fun (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

School Sidekicks: Test Stress (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

School Sidekicks: Friends All Day (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

School Sidekicks: A New Year (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

School Sidekicks: Party Time (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

School Sidekicks: Plans Go Wrong (Picture Window Books/Capstone, 2019)

All the Hollow Places (Finishing Line Press, 2018)

Under Our Feet (Finishing Line Press, 2018)

Rhoda’s Rock Hunt (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014)

Silhouette of a Sparrow (Milkweed Editions, 2012)

Loon Baby (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)

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