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	Bengal Tigers by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Tammie Speer Lyon (Illustrator), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Pandas by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bearded Dragons by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camels 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tasmanian Devils by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Rosiland Solomon (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bandicoots by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Kristin Kest (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crocodiles by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Kristin Kest (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dingoes by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chameleons by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horned Lizards by Lyn Sirota (Goodreads Author), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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“Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.”
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“As that ripe summer turned to autumn, the sunlight cooled to a slantwise gleam, bronzing the beach grass and setting the beetle-bung trees afire.”
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“This morning, light lapped the water as if God had spilt a goblet of molten gold upon a ground of darkest velvet.”
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