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  Bink,” said Gollie, “I have just made a disturbing discovery.

  Look: ‘Pictured here is Celeste Pascal of Petaluma,

  California, standing in front of her bungalow, which is

  entirely covered in gold star stickers. Kudos, Celeste.’ ”

  “Kudos?” said Bink.

  “Kudos means congratulations,” said Gollie.

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  That looks like more than sixty-six hundred gold

  stars,” said Bink.

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  We don’t have a bungalow entirely covered in gold star

  stickers,” said Gollie.

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  And we don’t have a million marbles,” said Bink. “Flicker’s

  will never come to take our picture.”

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  I can think of someone who would take our picture,”

  said Gollie.

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  “Say cheese,” said Mr. Eccles.

  “

  Cheese,” said Mrs. Eccles.

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  Kate DiCamillo is the author of many books for young readers,

  including Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures and The Tale of

  Despereaux, both of which won Newbery Medals; six books starring

  Mercy Watson; and the Mercy spin-off series, Tales from Deckawoo

  Drive. In 2014 she was named the National Ambassador for Young

  People’s Literature. She lives in Minneapolis.

  Alison McGhee is the author of several picture books, including

  Song of Middle C, illustrated by Scott Menchin, and the #1 New York

  Times bestseller Someday, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds; novels for

  children and young adults, including All Rivers Flow to the Sea and the

  Julia Gillian series; and several novels for adults, including the best-

  selling Shadow Baby, which was a Today Book Club selection and was

  nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Minnesota and Vermont.

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  ony Fucile is the author-illustrator of Let’s Do Nothing! and

  the illustrator of Mitchell’s License and Mitchell Goes Bowling by

  Hallie Durand. He has spent more than twenty years designing

  and animating characters for numerous feature films, including

  The Lion King, Finding Nemo, and

  The Incredibles. He lives in the

  San Francisco Bay area.

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  o learn more about the series and its creators,

  visit www.binkandgollie.com.

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  ISBN 978-0-7636-3497-1 (hardcover)

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  ISBN 978-0-7636-7092-4 (paperback)

  ISBN 978-0-7636-9134-9

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  ISBN 978-0-7636-9136-3

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