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Bianco Ciardullo, a kindergartener in Karen Johnson’s class, listens attentively from the rear of the room to Kenny Barton as he reads “Jed’s Junior Space Patrol” by Jean Marzollo. The titular character of the novel is named after Barton’s childhood best friend, as he grew up with Marzollo’s son.

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Julie Ciamei’s class of Ridge Street School third-graders sat on a rainbow-patterned carpet as they listened to County Legislator Nancy Barr read “The Masterpiece” by Jay Miletsky. Periodically, she would stop and ask questions about what kind of paintings they’ve seen and where they thought the story would go.

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