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Mary Māden

Reading: Read together and pause when historical people or events appear; invite the child to distinguish what the story presents as history from its fantasy framing.
Themes: Early aviation: Animal characters encounter the Wright brothers’ first flight and the beginnings of aviation through a journey that combines history and fantasy. The subject is presented as part of an adventure, but the book’s specific interpretation of the Wright brothers’ achievement is not established.
Worth knowing: Fact and fantasy are deliberately combined, so the boundary between historical material and invented adventure may be worth noticing together.

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