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PreS-Gr 3—When young Arlo's book falls from a tree branch and bonks the mayor on the head, the dignitary gathers and destroys every book in town. The only one that survives blows away and is buried beneath the soil. The mayor believes that books are dangerous because they are like seeds that sprout ideas and questions. Now teachers have no books to read aloud, actors have no scripts to perform, cooks have no cookbooks, and library shelves are bare. Arlo mis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Arlo accidentally drops a book onto the mayor's head. The mayor retorts, "Books are dangerous...they act like seeds, which grow into ideas,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More