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Thursday, April 30, 2009

As seen on tv

http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Piggity-Wiggity-Were-Nana-Chicken-Feathers-Kids-reading-award/tabid/309/articleID/101993/cat/185/Default.aspx
Posted by Melinda Szymanik at 3:44 AM
Labels: My book

1 comment:

Katy said...

Wow, being on the news - how wonderful! Congratulations Melinda :-)

April 30, 2009 at 6:12 PM

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