The Important Book: A Classic Picture Book Teaching Kids (Ages 4-8) to Appreciate Simple, Everyday Details

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Mary Savas The challenge, of course, is that what is essential — about the totality of life, as about every littlest thing in it — is not easily visible, largely…moreThe challenge, of course, is that what is essential — about the totality of life, as about every littlest thing in it — is not easily visible, largely because nothing is actually reducible, or should be reduced, to an essence: to a single point of truth, a particular attribute or quality that makes it what it is.

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