I’m a fan of author/illustrator Loren Long. In my dream world, I write a picture book manuscript worthy of his art. But, he works with presidents, so it’s an unlikely occurrence.While I was in a local bookstore on Saturday, I picked up his book Otis. It’s a charming tale of friendship, of life on the farm, and how fancy new tractors snore. Well, it’s not really a story about tractors and their sleep habits, but let’s face it, old tractors (and the dudes who drive them, like my husband) rule. So do boys named Otis, but that …

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