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Manny the Marmot is a story about a family that works together. Miguel, their young son, goes off by himself to find a new place to live. He encounters a lot of danger. His parents Manny and Marta are very worried and go to look for Miguel. They tell him the world is not always a friendly place. He needs to tell them where he is going. The story ends happily. The family moves to the new and safer place that Miguel has found. The young marmots all promise to never go anywhere without telling their parents where they are going. Janice Lease lives with her husband Robert, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a first grade teacher as well as a Registered Nurse. During her 20 years of teaching, she wrote many stories for her students. She published a county magazine for five years and has sold many of her photographs with her photo card business. Jan and Bob have two daughters, six grandchildren and one great grandson. She recently retired from the University Medical Center in Las Vegas as a charge nurse on the cardiac unit. Jan continues to write and has several more books ready for publication.

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