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Sep 2023
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Preview: Season 44, Thumbelina

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Elizabeth previews the next season: "Thumbelina" a well-known children’s story about a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb. This version comes from The Yellow Fairy Book, a collection by Scottish writer and poet Andrew Lang, first published in 1894.


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