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Community Conversations: Filling a Void in Children's Books

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EducationNovember 19, 2020 3:28 pm

Community Conversations: Filling a Void in Children's Books

Two sisters with North Texas ties had a goal, not just to become authors, but to fill a void they felt had been left on children’s book shelves. NBC 5’s Laura Harris talks to Lacey and Tristan Howard from Sisters Book Corner about ‘I Am Me’ currently the No. 1 new release in children’s books on disability on Amazon.

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Community Conversations: Filling a Void in Children's Books

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