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The best way to get kids to read a book is to say: 'This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has all sorts of horrible things in it like sex and death and some really big and complicated ideas, and you__e better off not touching it until you__e all grown up. I__ going to put it on this shelf and leave the room for a while. Don__ open it.
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The best way to get kids to read a book is to say: 'This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has all sorts of horrible things in it like sex and death and some really big and complicated ideas, and you__e better off not touching it until you__e all grown up. I__ going to put it on this shelf and leave the room for a while. Don__ open it.

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