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Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:00 am

We’ll dive into a new biography of L. Frank Baum, who wrote “The Wizard of Oz.”

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Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:00 am

Anne of Green Gables turns 100, and looks surprisingly spry. We pay her a visit.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 11:00 am

Bedtime stories are booming. Even in our hi-tech, hi-speed times, children’s books are the most profitable segment of the publishing world.
And perhaps it’s no surprise: Across cultures and centuries, we?ve always had literature for kids. From Aesop’s Fables to medieval “primers” to tales of Robin Hood and Robinson Crusoe, Mother Goose and Harry Potter.
These stories [...]

 
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