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    The Books Briefing: What Stories About Childhood Teach Adults About Themselves

    Your weekly guide to the best in books
    by J. Clara Chan Feb 15, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: New York Public Library

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    Childhood may be fleeting, but the stories, heroes, and fantasy worlds of children’s books somehow always manage to carve out space in readers’ hearts long after they’ve grown up. Of course, there’s the magical world of Harry Potter, which has continued to inspire

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