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  "name": "The Again List",
  "note": "Read-aloud times are estimates. Re-read and scare scores are editorial opinion. Free to use with a link back to The Again List.",
  "disclosure": "We have a personal connection to The Girl, The Lights & The Prince, so that book is excluded from this dataset.",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/the-gruffalo/"
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      "title": "Where the Wild Things Are",
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    },
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      "title": "Dear Zoo",
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      "title": "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?",
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      "title": "Owl Babies",
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      "title": "Each Peach Pear Plum",
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      "title": "We're Going on a Bear Hunt",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/bear-hunt/"
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      "title": "The Tiger Who Came to Tea",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/the-tiger-who-came-to-tea/"
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      "title": "Room on the Broom",
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      "title": "Giraffes Can't Dance",
      "author": "Giles Andreae",
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      "title": "The Day the Crayons Quit",
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    {
      "title": "I Want My Hat Back",
      "author": "Jon Klassen",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/i-want-my-hat-back/"
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    {
      "title": "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!",
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      "title": "The Book With No Pictures",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/the-book-with-no-pictures/"
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    {
      "title": "Press Here",
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    {
      "title": "The Very Hungry Caterpillar",
      "author": "Eric Carle",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/the-very-hungry-caterpillar/"
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    {
      "title": "The Invisible String",
      "author": "Patrice Karst",
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      "year": 2000,
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/the-invisible-string/"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Rabbit Listened",
      "author": "Cori Doerrfeld",
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      "year": 2018,
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/the-rabbit-listened/"
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    {
      "title": "Last Stop on Market Street",
      "author": "Matt de la Peña",
      "illustrator": "Christian Robinson",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/last-stop-on-market-street/"
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    {
      "title": "Frog and Toad Are Friends",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/frog-and-toad/"
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    {
      "title": "The Paper Bag Princess",
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      "illustrator": "Michael Martchenko",
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    {
      "title": "The Wild Robot",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/the-wild-robot/"
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    {
      "title": "Charlotte's Web",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/charlottes-web/"
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    {
      "title": "Moominland Midwinter",
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    {
      "title": "Pippi Longstocking",
      "author": "Astrid Lindgren",
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      "url": "https://theagainlist.com/books/pippi-longstocking/"
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    {
      "title": "Matilda",
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