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 * ... that Policeman Bluejay, a children's novel by L. Frank Baum (pictured) of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz fame, was first published in 1907 under the pen name "Laura Bancroft"?
 * ... that the 1986 children's picture book Juma and the Magic Jinn was awarded Honor Book in the illustrations category of the 1986 Golden Kite Awards?
 * ... that children's book illustrator Walter Crane was the first President of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in 1887 to showcase the decorative arts?

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