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They Were Strong and Good

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rediscovering-They-Were-Strong-and-Good.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/25/2005 They Were Strong and Good Transcript They Were Strong and Good, written and illustrated by Robert Lawson, won the Caldecott Award for most distinguished American picture book in 1941. It is the story of Lawson’s parents and his two sets of grandparents, where […]