Local writer and illustrator pair bring Riverfront Park to life in their new children's picture book

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Mary Pat Kanaley (left) and Mary Carpenter read their new picture book to local kids.

Smiling faces and cheers of laughter fill a room at Riverfront Park’s Looff Carrousel as children color scenes from a magical tale in which the ornate, magnificent horses spinning round its center come to life one special night. They’ve just heard this story read to them by its Spokane-based author-illustrator duo. The children’s warm animation and joy reflected on their parents’ faces lights up the snow-covered park, which the room

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