Cadenza: Crayon Drawing

by Shawn Harris
Oct 22, 2025 | Filed in Articles & Opinion

(c) 2025 by Shawn Harris. From the September/October 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

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Shawn Harris

Shawn Harris's latest book is The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn's Great Big Wish (Knopf).

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