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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
Child
Orbiting
Earth
Telescope
Children
Telescopes
Important
Bedroom
Every
Philosopher
Planet
Planets
Study

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