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In a school setting, Yoko struggles with literacy and doubts her own reading skills. She hides her growing ability for fear that once her mother learns she can read, her bedtime story tradition will end.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Rosemary Wells
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