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Terri Libenson

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Terri Libenson (pronounced LEE-ben-son) is a New York Times bestselling children’s book author and award-winning cartoonist of the syndicated daily comic strip, The Pajama Diaries, which ran from 2006-2020. She was also an award-winning humorous card writer for American Greetings.

Terri graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BFA in illustration and a minor in art history. Her daily syndicated comic strip, The Pajama Diaries, launched with King Features in 2006 and ran in hundreds of newspapers internationally until its retirement in January, 2020. Pajama Diaries has been nominated four times for the Reuben Award for “Best Newspaper Comic Strip” by the National Cartoonists Society and won in 2016. You can read the Pajama Dia
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New to middle school? I’ve got you covered.

It’s the new school year! For those going to middle school for the first time, here’s some advice. I stand by these, especially #2.

[PS Apologies: I had a cold and was in dire in need of tissues — and apparently some hairspray — when this was filmed.] 

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“It's funny how you think you'll never get over the worst thing that's ever happened to you...and then you realize that the worst thing that's happened to you can turn out to be...well, one of the best things" -Jaime”
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