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April 18, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

MG Book Review: Outside the Box: A Book of Poems by Karma Wilson

When you think outside the box . . . Poems about Pigasus appear!Not to mentionHoraceoptamus,Gargantauns,and all sorts ofmonkey business. You can snack on Greekwiches,build a pet robot, thendance with the Boogie Man. Fly the largest kite,sleight down thesteepest hill, and findall those aliensunder your bed! Anything can happenoutside the box. Now won’t you joinus for […]

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