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... that It's Just a Plant, a children's book, was heavily criticized by Republican Congressman Mark Souder (pictured), who argued that it supported marijuana use by children?
... that Howard Pyle's 1883 children's novel The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood had a vast influence on portrayals of Robin Hood through the 20th century?
...that while still in college, children's author Eloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the U.S. Patent Office?

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