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  • March 24, 2023

The Z house is where stories grow up – the real ones,
the made-up ones and the ones in-between.

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  • Holly K. Zanville, Ph.D.

    With over 35 years of working in the education field, Holly Zanville is an author of children’s books known as the Z House Stories. Her books tell stories about the people and animals who live in the Z house. Holly blogs at Z House Stories about reading to children — and adults too.

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