Small in the City
by Sydney Smith
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in For 4 Year Olds and Fiction.
It can be a little scary to be small in a big city, but this child has some good advice for a very special friend in need. When you're small in the city, people don't see you, and loud sounds can scare you, and knowing what to do is sometimes hard. But this little kid knows what it's like, and knows the neighborhood. That makes for some pretty good...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in For 4 Year Olds and Fiction.
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