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Manuscript edits for Didi Dodo: Future Spy #2 - Robo-Dodo Rumble are made in red pen.

This title is part of a chapter-book series about two dodo birds - one a baker and the other a spy - who solve mysteries together. It was published in 2019 and illustrated by Jared Chapman.

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This book was published in hardcover in 2016, paperback in 2018. It is co-authored by Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger. It tells the story of a robot named Fuzzy who enrolls in seventh grade where he makes friends with a fellow student named Max and enemies with his vice principal.

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Series is arranged alphabetically by book project title. Materials include manuscript editing and some artwork for the following: Didi Dodo #2: Future Spy - Robo-Dodo Rumble; Fuzzy; Horton Halfpott; Nellie Nutgraf; and Star Wars: Beware the Power of the Jedi.

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Series contains correspondence between Angleberger and publishering houses, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers and Farrar Straus Giroux, as he sought a publisher for his 2012 book, Horton Halfpott.

The letter to Farrar Straus and Giroux is an illustrated piece with characters from Horton Halfpott included in the text. There are two copies of this letter, with slightly different text.

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Typed copy of text from Fuzzy. There are no editing marks on the pages.

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Full title: Horton Halfpott Or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or, The Loosening of M’Lady Luggertuck’s Corset.

This middle-grade novel centers on an item's mysterious disappearance from Smugwick Manor and the kitchen boy, Horton Halfpott, who is blamed for the theft. It was published in 2011.

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Manuscript edits for Fuzzy made by hand in red and black pen on typed copy.

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Edits made on typed copy by Cece Bell, children's book author and illustrator. Her edits are made in red pen. Bell and Angleberger are married. Brighter red marker edits by Angleberger.

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Copy edits for Horton Halfpott, chapters 1-7, from Angleberger's "friend at the newspaper" -- most likely his former employer, The Roanoke Times. Edits are in pencil.

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Test ink techniques for Horton Halfpott illustrations, using watery ink and gouache, a method of painting with pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance.

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Several ink sketches from Horton Halfpott, including a note from Angleberger noting the "hardest illustration to get right: Horton and Celia -- took many attempts." Some sketches are on card stock.

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Copy edited pages for Boook #1, with stamp ("Here There Be Monsters"), sketches for Nellie Nutgraf, and edits in red ink. Includes note from Angleberger that "Nellie's original name was 'Angelina Buglebrain' as seen here."

Nellie Nutgraf is a character from Angleberger's series of books, published online in 2019. Nutgraf is a newspaper reporter who writes stories about major events and personalities, including Paul Bunyan, Benjamin Franklin, and even Bigfoot.

Scope and Contents Includes draft table of contents, with edits in black pen; draft decisions about placement of ten interior paintings by artist Ralph McQuarrie throughout the book; manuscript edits in red pen, chapters are not always numbered. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Beware the Power of the Darkside was published in 2015. It is an adaptation of the 1983 Return of the Jedi, directed by George Lucas. The text is written for middle grade readers (approximately 8-12 years old) with artwork by...

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Print outs of draft book illustrations, including "A Map of Smugwick Manor & Environs" and the book cover; manuscript edits in red pen.

Some pages are out of order or not included.

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Large print printout of chapter text, with some edits made in black pen.

Some pages are out of order or not included.

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Manuscript pages, with some editing marks in red.

Some pages are skipped, not included, or duplicated.