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My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda
Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Annemarie van Haeringen, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier2025 selection · Young readers
My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda
My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Annemarie van Haeringen, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, eye-opening reads, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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