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Every child's bedroom is as important as a telescope orbiting the planet earth or a philosopher's study.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Telescope
Earth
Telescopes
Children
Bedroom
Important
Philosopher
Every
Planet
Planets
Study
Orbiting
Child

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