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\u201cA childhood without books \u2013 that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nAstrid Lindgren (1907-2002), Swedish author and creator of (among other things) Pippi Longstocking<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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