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The Twin Cities are so amazing in the summer that I get overwhelmed. Even with near-solstice extra hours of sunlight, I can’t squeeze enough into each day to take advantage of all of the festivals, events, outdoor movies, and arts and theater that the Mini-Apple has to offer.

This Saturday at the Walker Art Center is one event that I’ll be sure not to miss: a mass Read-In on the Open Field. The event kicks off at 11:00 a.m. with an introduction to Free Little Libraries that have been popping up around town, then book swapping and mass DEAR time, and story time in the afternoon.

I can’t wait to sit and read!

Water poem by Morganna O., age 11

“Poems Galore” by April T., age 9

“There is a place, / Just on this hill…”

Cinquain by Shamli M., age 9

“Sun…”

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A spooky story by Anika A., age 11

It was a dark and stormy night, and as we drove up to our new house, lightning flashed in all our faces.

Our new house looked fine, but it was the house across the street that made us as all want to jump back into the car and drive back to Chicago.