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An animated first-time history of the visionaries--editors, authors, librarians, booksellers, and others--whose passion for books has transformed American childhood and American culture What should children read? As the preeminent children’s literature authority, Leonard S. Marcus, shows... read more

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NEW ENGLAND PURITANS reverenced reading as the key to living the godly life.

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  1. Leonard S. Marcus (Author)
 

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