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9. Garden City Public Library, 1965, my first library card, I got The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Today is the first day of National Library Week . Can you remember a book/books that you read from the local library? [View all] debm55 Sunday OP

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Garden City Public Library, 1965, my first library card, I got The Witch of Blackbird Pond irisblue Sunday #9

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