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27 May 2023

9:00 AM

27 May 2023

9:00 AM

I’m something of an expert on books for young children, having read a great many over the past decade. My four-year-old grandson is a particular fan of The Railway Series (aka Thomas the Tank Engine) written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

To tell you the truth, I find the books a bit annoying because the stories are always the same.

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