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Good books to read to children (in honor of Children's Book Week)

by: desmoinesdem

Sun May 18, 2008 at 18:39:39 PM CDT

Today is the last day of Children's Book Week.

My husband and I spend a lot of time reading to our kids and have a lot of opinions on children's books.

If you ever choose books for children (your own or someone else's), please join me after the jump for some thoughts on this non-political subject.

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