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 * ... that It's Just a Plant, a children's book, was heavily criticized by Republican Congressman Mark Souder (pictured), who argued that it supported marijuana use by children?
 * ... that Howard Pyle's 1883 children's novel The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood had a vast influence on portrayals of Robin Hood through the 20th century?
 * ...that while still in college, children's author Eloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the U.S. Patent Office?

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