The stories we place in children’s hands matter more than we sometimes realize. Long before children can explain how they feel or name the values they believe in, they absorb messages from the books they read and the stories read aloud to them. These stories quietly teach them who belongs, whose voices matter, and how they should see themselves and others. In a world that is increasingly diverse, connected, and ever-changing, it is essential that the stories children grow up

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