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New York times WWW site, Aug. 24, 2009
(in obituary published Aug. 21: Karla Kuskin; b. Karla Seidman, July 17, 1932, Manhattan; m. Charles M. Kuskin (div.), William L. Bell (d. 2006); d. Thursday [Aug. 20, 2009], Seattle, aged 77; noted children's author and illustrator whose work combined sly wit and propulsive vitality with deep thoughtfulness about the essential natures of people, animals, and things)