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The Important Book
by Margaret Wise Brown
Staff Pick
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A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver
Staff Pick
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Don't Let Me Be Lonely
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Wonders of Nature (Little Golden Books)
by Jane Werner Watson
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Figures for a Darkroom Voice
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Equivocal
by Julie Carr
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