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Barbara Pollack

Barbara Pollack is an illustrator and painter whose work has appeared in Seventeen, Girl’s Life, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal. Her books include Girl Stuff: A Survival Guide to Growing Up. She lives in San Francisco.
Sweet-and-Sour Summer #9
A Measure of Thanks #10
Winner Takes the Cake #11
Deep Freeze #12
On the Back Burner #6
Lights! Camera! Cook! #8
Truth Without the Trimmings #5
Stirring It Up! #1
Turning Up the Heat #2
Boiling Point #3
Into the Mix #4

Books

Sweet-and-Sour Summer #9
A Measure of Thanks #10
Winner Takes the Cake #11
Deep Freeze #12
On the Back Burner #6
Lights! Camera! Cook! #8
Truth Without the Trimmings #5
Stirring It Up! #1
Turning Up the Heat #2
Boiling Point #3
Into the Mix #4

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