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The Magician’s Elephant, another DiCamillo gem. Oh, what a pleasure to recommend a new Kate DiCamillo book. Don’t be fooled by it’s being targeted to
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A Night of Tamales & Roses is at its simplest, a story of stage fright. It is also the story of little Ana Luisa, whose
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