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Fully Booked asked its artist friends — from graphic artists to watercolorists to photographers — what the best book covers are for them so that readers may be able to learn from them how to judge a book by its cover.

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Fill your heart and mind with stories that celebrate life, spark joy, and inspire you to find beauty, love and meaning in your everyday life.

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Australia Corner houses a collection of children’s books, novels, and educational books about Australia, most of which are not available in book shops in the Philippines.  

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Fully Booked asked its artist friends — from graphic artists to watercolorists to photographers — what the best book covers are for them so that readers may be able to learn from them how to judge a book by its cover.

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