Peg Kehret

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Peg Kehret

• By Lindsey M.

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Table of Contents

• Cover Page
• Introduction
• Birth
• Where Peg Lives
• Pegs Pet Page
• Other Interests
• First Book
• Series
• Education
• Favorite Book
• Obstacles

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Introduction

• Peg, I can tell, is a very generous person. She
• volunteers at the Humane Society. She is also a
• long-time volunteer for animal welfare causes.
• On top of all that, she writes amazing books and
• has won many awards. Keep going Peg!

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Birth

• Peg Kehret was born on November 11, 1936.
• She was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
• Now she is 72 years old. Although she
• retired from going from school to school
• she still goes and does volunteering for
• animal welfare causes.

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Where Peg Lives

• When Peg married Carl Kehret in 1955, she
• moved to California two years later. In 1970, Peg
  and
• Carl moved to Washington. Washington is now the
• current place where she lives. Pegs home is a
  log house
• on a ten acre wildlife sanctuary near Mount
  Rainier
• National Park. For many years Carl and Peg
  traveled
• around Washington to visit schools, libraries,
  and
• childrens literature conferences to speak to
  children.

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Pegs Pet Page

• Peg loves pets. In fact, most of her books are
  based on her animals. She has two cats, the first
  one is named Molly and her second cat is named
  Mr. Stray. Peg also has two dogs. One of them is
  named Lucy. Lucy was mistreated. Peg got her from
  a rescue group. All of her animals are rescued
  animals!

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Other Interests

• Peg Kehret does other things than writing and
  volunteering at the Humane Society. She also
  loves to go to baseball games. Of course, she
  absolutely LOVES to read. Since she has three
  animals she always plays with them (of course
  that is the main part to having animals).

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First Book

• Pegs first book is called The Wedding
• Vows. That was her first book for adults. Her
• first book for kids is called Winning Monologs
• for Young Actors. It was published in 1985.

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Series

• Peg has written many books. Many people dont
  know that most of them are considered a series.
  Here are the couple series she has written
• Disaster series
• Pete the Cat series
• Disaster series are the books such as
  Earthquake Terror, Nightmare Mountain, and
  Volcano Disaster. Pete the Cat series are the
  books such as Stranger Next Door, Spy Cat, and
  Trapped. Peg has other books, but there are not
  any more series she has written that I am aware
  of.

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Education

• Peg did a lot to become a famous author and it
  all starts with school. One year she went to the
  University of Minnesota. She also had one year at
  a California state college. To become an author
  you have to also do LOTS of reading.

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Favorite Book

• Pegs Favorite book is called Small Steps. She
  likes it so much because it is her story about
  having Polio. Also, her favorite book is usually
  the most recent one she has written.

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Obstacles

• Peg is very famous but some sad things have
  happened in her lifetime. When she was in high
  school she was diagnosed with polio. It paralyzed
  her from the neck down and was hospitalized for
  nine months. However, she made complete recovery.
  
• On April 28th, 2004, Carl, her husband, died.
  Peg and Carl were married forty-eight wonderful
  years. Pegs children were all grown and married
  when Carl died.

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Credits

• Website used to get photos and information
• www.pegkehret.com
• PowerPoint by Lindsey M.
• Photos used are taken by Vicki Taylor

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