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    Author Maurice Sendak Answers.com: Who Was Maurice Sendak? http://www.answers.com/topic/maurice-sendak A short biography of Maurice Sendak http://web.archive.org/web/20071017032738/http:www.northern.edu/hastingw/sendak.htm A Trip Through The Digestive System http://www.ckcolorado.org/units/2nd_grade/2_ATripThroughtheDigestiveSystem.pdf Grade 2 Complete Unit Discuss what happened to Max’s Dinner! All Posters http://www.allposters.com/-st/Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-Posters_c7915_.htm Right Click Save as … [continue reading]

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