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Is it cruel to crush your child’s dreams?

18 September 2021

9:00 AM

18 September 2021

9:00 AM

I think it’s for the best if we ban all children’s books containing the word ‘dream’. Dream big, little dreamer, dare to dream… that sort of thing. And especially an unbelievably popular series of books for primary school children, name of Little People, Big Dreams. There are hundreds of titles in this series and nearly four million copies sold worldwide.

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