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Write Aloud: Spring Break Edition

+ reading for pleasure, trusting the creative process, and cake

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Anne Zimmerman
Mar 28, 2024
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When I was a girl, I was allowed to take a canvas bag and walk alone to the public library a few blocks from my house. It was my first taste of solo independence and I loved checking out as many books as I could carry (thirteen paperbacks is the number that sticks in my head), walking back home, and immediately reading them one after another in the cool…

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