A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees.
Tomie dePaola
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Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
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And his first minute, after noon, is night.
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not always...
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Let fall the deep snow,
Let the stars fall, lad
we'll answer ...
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