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    <body><![CDATA[The illustrations in this book are gorgeous. I felt like a little kid again. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[We read this book in school as a class and it was ok]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[memorized it!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My father read this poem to us kids one Christmas and it became an indelible memory.  I remember how he &quot;mushed&quot; the dogs on (we got to act that part out).  I loved it so much that I chose to memorize and perform it for an assignment in grade 5.  Of course, I can't forget my mother's coach...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32900870">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My dad used to recite this poem to us kids when we were young. It's a fun and funny story. And the pictures are pretty cool, too.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Here is an excellent reading of this poem:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=6lBkuz1TlVc">http://youtube.com/watch?v=6lBkuz1TlVc</a><br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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