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Cindy Lange-Kubick: My (almost) Year in Books, 2021 edition

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Cindy Lange-Kubick

I fell in love with Dick and Jane as a first grader and the wonder of sounding out “See Dick run” is still with me, that magical moment when letters make words and words make worlds.

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