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I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
Back
Boxes
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Every
Including
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Morning
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Read
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Cereal

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