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Books by Vashti Harrison and Dolly Parton teach kids about self-love and courage

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The Little Engine That Could

When you were growing up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, do you remember having books at home was reading was writing part of the truth? No, we didn't have books at home because we had too many kids. So I read at school, we had the Bible, mama read that all the time. Of course, I remember the first little book that we have in our Imagination Library is called The Little Engine That Could. And that little book was amazing to me because it talked about same thing, confidence. It's for anybody that wants to sign up, they can get a book once a month till they start school.

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