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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20021215
Author:Peter F. Neumeyer

"Here is God's plenty," said the great poet John Dryden of his predecessor Geoffrey Chaucer. And that, too, is what I'd say about the wild profusion of beautiful and hope-giving books I'd like to give to all children this somber season in the grown-up world. In almost inexhaustible exuberance the books run the gamut from long- awaited new works by picture book giants like Raymond Briggs to books by little-known creators expressing unsentimental affection, or displaying art and design worthy of the children.

In "Don't You Feel Well, Sam?" the little bear under his red blanket with his little ...

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