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The Napping House is an adorable RF. This book is a Golden kite winner for picture books and I can see why. I would use this story as a S(as you see my plan in the picture ;) ). I know students would love it! #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc This link actually takes you where I found the cut outs of these characters. In the website it has many other different activities uses the characters and it is definitely worth checking out. 6y

MeganMc The UDL for this is 1.2 offer alternatives for auditory information because you‘re using the visuals as you read. The EL would be 46 use discovery learning activities (hands-on-activities). 6y

Juliemorell What a cute S idea!! Thanks for providing the link to where you got the cut outs. It's amazing how many resources are already available! 6y

DrSpalding Love the image! This is an excellent choice for storytelling. Adding each character to the bed is a visual hook as you tell the story. Students need to recall the sequence of a story; it's a standard. 6y

DrSpalding You did a very nice job in your storytelling working under an extreme time crunch. Please use this with students. 6y

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Red: A Crayon's Story | Michael Hall

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This adorable F book is fantastic for your library. It is about a poor blue crayon that is labeled red. He is having an identity crisis and every other color has something to say about it. Until he realizes his true color! I would love to do a RA with this story and teach students this wonderful lesson on being yourself and not listening to others. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&tid=42279 this website takes to an amazing page that has so many cool tools for this book. It had an adorable book trailer, author interviews, and activities and guides to do while you read this story. The UDL strategy I would use is 3.2 highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships. The EL is 3 encourage self-talk/ positive thinking(this book is amazing for that). 6y

DominiqueL First, I absolutely love the creativity in your image. This is a great book for all ages but especially at older ages ( where they are read to less) because I feel that children are constantly feeling a pressure to fit in and not be themselves. This is such a great choice. 6y

DrSpalding Your image is phenomenal. Yes Red is having an identity crisis. This book has such a wonderful message. 6y

SarahWynne All of your posts are so creative! So awesome! 6y

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Poppleton (Bound for Schools & Libraries) | Cynthia Rylant

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Cynthia Rylant‘s Poppleton books are great F books. This is a series of 8 that would be perfect for PR since it is a picture book that is moving into a short novel. It gets students to not be afraid of nook with more words on the page. This series is about a city pig who moves to a more suburban lifestyle and each story is a new adventure. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc This website is the authors page. http://www.cynthiarylant.com It has a biography that includes really awesome information. One super interesting fact is that Cynthia uses the names of her pets as the main characters of her stories. The UDL is 2.5 illustrate through multiple media. The EL is 5 teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts. This will help them understand the reading. 6y

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When I Was Young in the Mountains (Bound for Schools & Libraries) | Cynthia Rylant

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This Caldecott Winner was the very first book Cynthia Rylant ever wrote. It is a RF based on her life in the Appalachian Mountains. She wrote about her childhood, family, and some of her experiences in living out of civilization. This book would be great for an AS because Cynthia has so many amazing books! #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc http://wellreadchild.blogspot.com/2007/12/when-i-was-young-in-mountains-learning... this website takes you to a couple different lesson plans. My favorite lesson is having the students compare and contrast her life(without civilization) and our lives. This really gets students thinking about how other people live. 6y

MeganMc The UDL is 3.1 activate it supply background knowledge. The EL strategy is 4 link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge. If you can relate the story to something in these students lives they will understand so much more. 6y

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | Jon Scieszka

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is such a fun book to read. It is a great TL to have as an IR. This is a book that puts a modern twist on all the classic stories. It is very comical and definitely meant for older grades! This book shows you the “true side” of these famous fairy tales and you will for sure have a good laugh. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc http://www.jsworldwide.com/just_the_facts.html This website is just as fun as the book. It shows you pictures of the author, Jon Scieszka. It also shows you his other books and my favorite, it shows you all of his writing drafts for creating this exact book. I love that! The UDL would be 2.5 illustrate through multiple media. The EL would be 2 promote cooperation, I would have them read together to help the student better understand. 6y

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Actual Size | Steve Jenkins

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Actual size is such a fun NF to incorporate in any classroom. It is a book that shows you the ACTUAL size of things. For example the actual size of an alligator‘s mouth or a birds beak. This book is a Orbis Pictus Honor! This would be a cool RA during a math lesson to show that learning sizes does not have to be boring. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-1-2/... this website brings you to a fun math lesson. The lesson teaches students how to measure things and in the activity it asks you to compare the measurements. Incorporate fun activities like this to math lessons is so so important for students. 6y

MeganMc The UDL is 1.3 offer alternatives for visual learning. This is because in the lesson it provides visual pictures and length diagrams to help students measure. The EL is 4 link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge because we are providing them with animals and objects that they are familiar with. 6y

AJones I just bought (another one of my bargain buys for $.59) and read this book. I enjoyed the author‘s attention to details. The Pygmy mouse lemur was so cute. Thanks for sharing this interdisciplinary lesson. 💖📏📖 I cannot wait to share it with my students. 6y

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Baloney, Henry P. | Jon Scieszka

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Henry is an alien schoolkid who needs to come up with one very good excuse to explain why he is late for szkola, again.(yes it is really spelled like this)Otherwise it‘s lifelong Detention. Henry's tall tale of his unbelievable trip into Henry's wild universe may be the most original excuse ever for being late for szkola. This SF story is such a unique twist on children‘s books. It‘s filled with so much imagination and has many make believe words.

MeganMc It‘s filled with so much imagination and has many make believe words. I️ could picture any child listening to a RA from this story is going to be thoroughly engaged. I know I was. #UCFLAE3414f17 6y

MeganMc Since this book has so many make-believe/ huge/ weird words, I️ think doing a lesson in context clues would be perfect. http://colleensthings.blogspot.com/2013/04/activities-and-ideas-using-book-balon... This website here has an amazing guide on how to do a lesson with context clues. This will ultimately help the students understand the book and understand how they would use context clues in their own reading. 6y

MeganMc The UDL is 2.1 clarify vocabulary and symbols. The EL is 2 promote cooperation(small groups). 6y

Dbenford Oh my goodness 😊😂 how cute is this book! This book sounds like a great read. Not only can this book be used to really tap into ones imagination but this book could also be used to teach students about what is true and what is false (or make-believe). This would be a great lesson on that. Nice job 😊 6y

SarahWynne Great resource! Love the weird words aspect. So fun (edited) 6y

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The Giving Tree | Shel Silverstein

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The Giving Tree is my favorite P story. It makes for an amazing PR. This book is about a tree that gave everything it had to make the little boy happy. Over time the tree gave the little boy so much until he was only a stump. This book is certainly a tear jerker and makes me cry just about every time I read it. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/Giving-Tree-Lesson-Plans.html this is an excellent resource that provides so many teaching activities. My favorite is the creative writing activity because I have always loved to do this in school. 6y

MeganMc The UDL strategy is 6.2 support planning and strategy development. The EL I️ would use is 10 teach think, pair, and share strategies. This would help ELs begin to come up with writing topics and help organize their ideas.
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Dbenford I love this book! I have it in my house somewhere. I think you could teach so many lessons with this book, which makes this book such a great one to have in your classrooms. Great job😊 6y

supan.katherine I️ loved this book growing up! This book does a great job with poetry. And I️ especially loved your resource and how it included different writing lesson plans that could be used in a classroom setting. 6y

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Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure (Turtleback School & Library) | Jeff Brown, J Brown

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Flat Stanley is a classic!! It‘s a F story about a little boy who wakes up to find he has been flattened by his bulletin board! It sounds tragic but since he is flat like paper he can now be rolled, mailed, and turn into a kite. It is a wonderful RA or IR to help the transition to chapter books for children. Now this was one of my favorite book growing to because of this activity I am about to share. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc http://www.flatstanleyproject.com. This is one of the most long lasting literacy project on the web. How it works is you color, and cut out your own flat Stanley. Then you mail him to a family member, a celebrity, or a friend. They then take pictures with him, create a journal of what they did and send him back. (edited) 6y

MeganMc I remember doing this in first grade and at the time my dad was deployed to Korea. It was so awesome to see my flat Stanley “follow” my dad around Korea. (He also sent back an amazing journal entry and Korean money for the class to see). The UDL I would implement is 8.3 foster collaboration and community. The EL is 32 use student pairs for team learning, especially for reports, experiments and projects. 6y

Floribelg It's been on my reading list since I can remember. I sadly never read or even heard of Flat Stanley until I was in the education major. Think it's so sweet how you still have memories about this activity. Shows that it's a must in every teachers library. 6y

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Players in Pigtails | Shana Corey, Rebecca Gibbon

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Katie Casey is determined to help start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League! This gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball during the time that the men were fighting in World War 2. This is a wonder HF book that sparks so much inspiration in the lives of young women. This book would be a great IR. #UCFLAE3414f17.

MeganMc http://www.shanacorey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Shana-Corey-Educators-Guide... This website is a wonderful resource page from Shana Corey herself. It had an interview, guidon questions for students, and wonderful plans you can implement in your classroom. 6y

MeganMc The UDL is 8.1 heighten salience of goals and objectives. This is because the website provides so many guides and questions to keep you engaged on what the main objective is. The EL is 7 show students how to use graphic organizers.

Ps: I️ really connected to this book because “A League of Their Own” is my FAVORITE movie and I grew up playing softball! 6y

DrSpalding Ps: Me too for the exact same reasons. I‘ve been to Cooperstown NY and saw some of the places where the movie was filmed. I also went to Baseball Hall of Fame where the ladies are honored. It‘s awesome! ❤️⚾️ 6y

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Creepy Carrots!: with audio recording | Aaron Reynolds

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The book is so adorable. I️ can see why it is a Caldecott winner! This F book is a wonderful story to RA around halloween to get the students in a spooky mood. It is about a rabbit who loves going into the fields to eat carrots. But all of a sudden he gets haunted by the carrots as they are trying to scare him out of coming into their garden.
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MeganMc I️ found a website with an amazing lesson unit on it. It takes the students through learning the main idea of the story, get some text to self connections, and figure out cause and effects. It looks like an amazing and super engaging lesson to incorporate! Especially if you can place it around Halloween for the added spooky vibe. http://deannajump.com/creepy-carrots-read-aloud-lessons/. 6y

MeganMc The UDL is 9.1 promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation. The EL is 32 use pairs for team learning, especially for reports, experiments and projects. 6y

farynantenucci I've been wanting to read this since the article about the illustrator in class. Great pick for an author study! 6y

DrSpalding Excellent Post! UDL and EL strategies are aligned nicely. What a super resource. Best practice in regards to read aloud skills. 6y

ChristinB When I was doing my service learning hours a study was dressed up as the bunny and recited the whole story! Your EL and UDL strategies work perfectly! 6y

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | Mo Willems

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This classic F is a hilarious book for every single class! It is a Caldecott winner and would be an amazing RA or CR to get all the students yelling “no” at the pigeon. This book would have every student interested. It‘s about a pigeon that just simply would like to drive the bus! #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc http://pigeonpresents.com This website is completely dedicated to the pigeon. There are amazing videos and fun activities that you could get lost on for hours of fun. The UDL is 5.1 use multiple media for communication because incorporating this website would provide so much deeper learning. The EL strategy is 46 use discovery learning activities. 6y

DrSpalding This website is fantastic. Try drawing the piggy and-or pigeon. It's easy to do and you feel very successful! 6y

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Seedfolks | Paul Fleischman

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Seedfolks is a Goldenkite award winning RF novel about a young girl, Kim, who plants Lima beans in an abandoned lot on the anniversary of her fathers death. This simple act sparks the interest of the community and causes a chain reaction. I read this book in my RED class and thought it was great for any classroom. It would work well as an IR or SR to get students used to reading novels. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc https://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aitc/presentations/Session%205/Read%20Before%20y... This website takes you to an amazing lesson plan to do with your students. It gets the students reading together and filling out character charts to get them engaged in the main idea. 6y

MeganMc The UDL strategy I would use is 3.3 guide information processing, visualization, and manipulation. The EL is 6 continually monitor students‘ comprehension. 6y

jvinas2 Oh I remember this book! Love the resource and description; great book to post about! 6y

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ChristinB I remember this story! We did read aloud and whole class literature circles! I️ will most definitely have this in my library! 6y

DrSpalding Who is your RED instructor? This author has won multiple awards. Good choice. 6y

MeganMc @DrSpalding professor McManus! 6y

DrSpalding I told him! 6y

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Missing May | Cynthia Rylant

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Missing May is a wonderful Newbery winner that is about grieving. In this RF story it follows Summer who was left to be taken care of by her Aunt May and Uncle Ob after her mother passes away. She is extremely happy living with them until Aunt May dies while gardening. The story takes you through how both Summer and Ob are handling their loss and they take completely different routes. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc This book would be a great AS because it showcases how wonderful the author, Cynthia Rylant is. http://edu.glogster.com/glog/cynthia-rylant/2soao9ral37 this link takes you to a glog I created about Cynthia Rylant. This would fit right into a AS to provide so much information about the author. There is a list of her books, multiple websites for teaching activities, and some background knowledge on her. 6y

MeganMc The UDL strategy would be 5.1 use multiple media for communication. The EL strategy would be 29 Offer a. Variety of reference materials at the students‘ instructional level for independent use. 6y

HNager I love how you linked it to you glog. Your UDL and EL strategies go well together! 6y

DrSpalding I also enjoy the fact that you used your good work as your resource. Now, use it in your future classrooms. 6y

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Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes | Eric Litwin

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The classic F book Pete the Cat: I Love my White Shoes is of course amazing to have in your classroom. He shows his readers that no matter what happens to him everything is cool. In this book he steps in different objects that turn his shoes all sorts of colors. Instead of crying about it he keeps walking along. This book would be a good CR because it is easy and fun for children to read along with you. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc https://www.kindergartenworks.com/kindergarten-teaching-ideas/writing/pete-the-c... This website is amazing for all sorts of Pete the Cat activities. It has 73 of them! They teach all sorts of subjects and lessons all while teaching the message to stay positive. The UDL is 9.1 facilitate personal coping skills and strategies. And the EL is 3 encourage self-talk(positive thinking) that's what Petes all about! 7y

DrSpalding What genre? 73 activities! Amazing! You are right. Positive self talk is what Pete is all about. I enjoy your posts! Nice writing style. 7y

AndreaC I love the fact that this book encourages positive thinking, such an important message for our young students! 7y

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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Mordicai Gerstein

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The Man who Walked Between the Towers is a B that follows the French street performer Philippe Petit. He decided to walk on a wire between the twin towers. This book won a Caldecott Medal. This book would be a great RA to bring to your classroom. #UCFLAE3414f17

MeganMc https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2015/oct/01/philippe-petit-walk-betw.... This website takes you to a page that tells you more about Philippe and also gives you real pictures of the event! I think this is great and gives the students a real connection from the book to real life. 7y

MeganMc The UDL is 3.1 activate or supply background knowledge. The EL is 4 link lesson topic to students' prior knowledge. This gives them more of a background and helps them relate and understand a little bit more. 7y

DrSpalding Excellent synopsis and alignment again. Please check out your peers post for this book. @Karlee.Diamond ❤️📚 7y

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Wonder | Raquel J. Palacio

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Wonder is one of my favorites so far! It is a great RF about a boy named August Pullman. He has a deformity which makes him different than his peers. The book takes you through his struggles of his first year in public school. It is a tearjerker that promotes being kind to one another. I would incorporate this book as a IR or LC. #UCFLAE3414F17

MeganMc http://rjpalacio.com/faqs.html?m this link takes you to an author page. This page has information about the author, FAQs, annotations about the book, questions to discuss for teachers, the trailer, and so many other helpful tool! This website could be used to further deepen students knowledge as they read this wonderful story. 7y

MeganMc The UDL strategy is 3.3 guide information processing, visualization, and manipulation. The EL is 42 use timelines to arrange and sequence important facts and information. Doing this will help the student keep up and fully grasp the reading within their LC. 7y

DrSpalding So many of your peers have enjoyed this book as well. Nice alignment! It should be a part of your classroom library for years to come. #ChooseKind 7y

AJones I just finished this amazing book! Mr. Tushman was one of my favorite characters, besides Auggie. His graduation speech was absolutely heart felt. “One should be kinder than needed.” I also loved this quote he shared. Everyone needs to be kinder, even to those we don‘t know. The Henry Ward Beecher medal recipient was spot on. Aug-gie! Aug-gie! Great post! #ucflae3414f17 #WONDER 6y

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill

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The Girl who Drank the Moon is a F Newberry Award winner. This is about a town who sacrifices a baby each year in hopes it will keep the witch from destroying their town. Though, in reality the witch, Xan is as kind as they come. Meanwhile a young man is determined to save his town from having to sacrifice anymore children. This would be an awesome LC for your classroom. #UCFLAE3414F17

MeganMc https://suzyred.com/The-Girl-Who-Drank-the-Moon.html this website offers so many helpful tools. It shows examples of many graphic organizers, worksheets, and even a jeopardy game that relates to the story. The UDL strategy for this would be 6.3 facilitate managing information and resources. The EL would be 23 structure advance organizers for new terminology. 7y

MeganMc This will help because while reading the story there is many new words that the students might get confused about. 7y

DrSpalding Megan, several of your peers have highlighted the importance of vocabulary as you have here. These books purposely include high level vocabulary there for clarifying them is vital to your students comprehension. This current "Newbery" winner is certainly worth the read. I love your description of Xan.❤️ 7y

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How to Babysit a Grandma | Jean Reagan

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This RF book is a cute and enjoyable story to add to your classroom library. It is a story about a little girl who gets to spend the night at her grandmothers. She is so excited she walks us through all the activities they are going to do in order to "babysit" her grandma. This is a great RA. #UCFLAE3414F17
The first thing I thought of when reading this book is how awesome it would be for your schools grandparents day.

MeganMc https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grandparents-Day-Craftivity-How-to-B... This lesson would work great! First I would read the story to the children and grandparents. Then I would have the children follow this lesson and create a little story of what they would do with their grandparent. In creating the story they would go through a planning period, then a rough draft, and the final. 7y

MeganMc The UDL strategy would be 6.2 support planning and strategy development. The EL strategy I would use is 2 promote cooperation. The student would have their grandparent/ parent/ or another peer to help them with this activity.
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Juliemorell This looks like it would be such a cute story, and I love the activity you mentioned where kids would create a story about what they'd do with their grandparents. Such a cute idea. I'll definitely be checking this book out! 7y

DrSpalding This book boost was well received. This series of books as become quite popular. The idea of promoting cooperation through the use of this text is nicely aligned. 7y

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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie: 2005 Wall Calendar | Laura Joffe Numeroff

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If you give a mouse a cookie is a humorous F story about a mouse who wants a cookie. After the cookie he asks for milk, then a straw, then a mirror, and then turns into a series of other requests. This book would be a great RA and it would surely keep the attention of all the students. #UCFLAE3414F17

MeganMc http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/mouse.htm. This is the activity I feel goes well with the book. It teaches children how to predict what will happen in a story. It also tests their comprehension and knowledge of the story by having them recall the events. (edited) 7y

MeganMc The UDL guidelines would be 3.2 highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships. The EL strategy I would use is 9 teach note taking strategies. Since the lesson relies on reflecting on the story, taking notes would be a good way to recall the information. (edited) 7y

EricaG These are great books, and I think that the activity you chose would be great to teach students how to predict and recall stories! 7y

DrSpalding Read write think is a credible resource with valuable activities. Make sure your link is hyperlinked for ease of access to this excellent resource. Nice alignment! 7y

DrSpalding These books are excellent for storytelling. They are considered circle stories; stories that begin and end in the same place. 7y

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