A Kingdom Far and Clear<\/em> \u2013<\/a> with beautiful illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg.
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<\/p>\nI loved these books in their separate volumes, reading them while I wrote the early drafts of Auralia\u2019s Colors<\/em>.<\/p>\nTo have them together in one volume is fantastic.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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