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	The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm by LeVar Burton, Susan Schaefer Bernardo (Goodreads Author), Courtenay Fletcher (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sun Kisses, Moon Hugs by Susan Schaefer Bernardo (Goodreads Author), Courtenay Fletcher (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Artist Who Loved Cats: The Inspiring Tale of Theophile Alexandre Steinlen by Susan Schaefer Bernardo (Goodreads Author), Courtenay Fletcher (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 107 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Adventures of Tiny House by Susan Schaefer Bernardo (Goodreads Author), Courtenay Fletcher (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 95 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Cancer Poetry Project 2: More Poems by Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them by Karin B. Miller (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susan Schaefer Bernardo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Janine Soucie Kelley (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baci di Sole, Abbracci di Luna: Sun Kisses, Moon Hugs by Susan Schaefer Bernardo (Goodreads Author), Courtenay Fletcher (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Nicola Sonosuono (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.”
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