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Inspiration truly surrounds us all. This year, over Spreak Break, my family and I paid a visit to the world's oldest tree near the Texas coast. It's well over 1000 years old! Whew! You can no longer get up close and personal with aforementioned tree, but it was treeemendous (sorry, couldn't resist!) It reminded me a lot of

The Giving Tree - but with a different spin. Oh, the stories it could undoubtedly tell. I was inspired and found myself doing a lot of listening while we visited. I hope it's around for 1000 more years. I have a few stories I'd like to share.

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Daniel Manus Pinkwater (no, that's not a picture of him in the window). Never heard of him. Until now. Well, okay, about a month ago. I was invited to be a Mystery Reader for my eldest daughter's Kindergarten class. After great thought and just shy of googling my brains out, I selected The Big Orange Splot. Copyright 1977. It's author is Daniel Manus Pinkwater. I ordered it from Amazon for about $2.50 including shipping and handling. I'm no book reviewer in the formal sense of the title, but I have to say it's the best $2.50 I've spent in a very long time. The class LOVED the story - it's an incredible read-aloud. And this got me to wondering. I wonder why I'd never found Daniel Manus Pinkwater until now. Life just seems a little sweeter with his story around. Maybe even a lot sweeter. He can't be found anywhere in the San Antonio library catalog or even in my kids school library. But he should be there. At least his story should. Check out Daniel Manus Pinkwater's The Big Orange Splot. Go....