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25th Anniversary Banquet [Held By] New Haven Yacht Club ... (1906). NYPL Rare Books Division.

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JUNE 18 — The New York Public Library explores children’s literature and its crucial role in educating and entertaining readers of all ages, and shaping and chronicling society and culture, in its new free exhibition, The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter. The

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