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Geof Smith

Geof Smith is a children’s book author and editor. He doesn’t currently have a pet, but hopes to one day solve crimes with a super-intelligent chimpanzee. He has worked on A New Hope (Star Wars) and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Star Wars Little Golden Book, among others.
The X-Files: Is the Truth Out There? (Disney/Fox)
Stranger Things: Hawkins ABCs (Funko Pop!)
Steven Spielberg: A Little Golden Book Biography
Stranger Things: Inside, Outside, Upside Down (Funko Pop!)
Willie Nelson: A Little Golden Book Biography
JAWS: Big Shark, Little Boat! A Book of Opposites (Funko Pop!)
Stranger Things: We Can Count on Eleven (Funko Pop!)
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Star Wars Little Golden Book
Meet Tracker! (PAW Patrol)
Star Wars: A New Hope (Star Wars)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

Books

The X-Files: Is the Truth Out There? (Disney/Fox)
Stranger Things: Hawkins ABCs (Funko Pop!)
Steven Spielberg: A Little Golden Book Biography
Stranger Things: Inside, Outside, Upside Down (Funko Pop!)
Willie Nelson: A Little Golden Book Biography
JAWS: Big Shark, Little Boat! A Book of Opposites (Funko Pop!)
Stranger Things: We Can Count on Eleven (Funko Pop!)
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Star Wars Little Golden Book
Meet Tracker! (PAW Patrol)
Star Wars: A New Hope (Star Wars)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

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