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\nSNOWMAN – COLD = PUDDLE: SPRING EQUATIONS. Text copyright \u00a9 2019 by Laura Purdie Salas. Illustrations \u00a9 2019 by Micha Archer and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Charlesbridge, Watertown, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n
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