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Note from Publisher | Welcome to Summer 2019!
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Dear readers,Thank you for how so many of you have made me feel welcome over the last few weeks as your ne…
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Every summer, my mom and I would make a kind of Summer Bucket List. I could have put anything I wan…
A Farewell Note from the Publisher
My dear readers,It was in 2010 when I first discovered Macaroni Kid; another parent in my daughter’…
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