{"id":206,"date":"2025-12-12T00:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:13:16","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"206\" class=\"elementor elementor-206\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e08fd2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e08fd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86cbcea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86cbcea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6656040 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6656040\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa6cfd elementor-absolute animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4aa6cfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-The-Dog-Photoroom-1-e1765394772364.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-79\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-The-Dog-Photoroom-1-e1765394772364.png 490w, https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Richard-The-Dog-Photoroom-1-e1765394772364-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562ecaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"562ecaf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-734eb8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"734eb8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-1321315799-2-e1769801023928.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-317\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-1321315799-2-e1769801023928.png 628w, https:\/\/cassie-acker.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-1321315799-2-e1769801023928-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45ce32c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45ce32c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e6250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7e6250\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9198f2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9198f2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Slinging sass and words of wisdom since day one.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8850455 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8850455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m Marian Page, and I&#8217;ve spent 24 years as a teacher and librarian, dedicated to spreading the gospel of literacy. 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