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Messy Larry
Hardcover
Publisher: Alliance of Independent Authors
Published: Dec 19 2025
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Larry is a little different from the other kids in his grade school class. For starters, he's big, and he's clumsy, and he looks kind of like a bear! Larry loves art and wants to make art, but his messiness keeps getting in the way, with hilarious results. At his wit's end, he seeks out a favorite relative. Great Uncle Ken helps Larry find a way to express the beauty he knew was inside him.
The author/illustrator is a native Pittsburgher who has lived in beautiful West Virginia for the past fifteen years. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Dayton School of Law. He has two kids, works as a federal prosecutor, and likes to paint in his spare time.
keywords: Art, Artistic, Creative, Creativity, Self-Expression, Acceptance, Different, Fitting In, Friendship, Kids, Bear, Funny Bear
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