Learning to read is a slow, deliberate process for kids. The required methodical connecting of speech sounds to the letter patterns they see on the page can be challenging. Their emotional investment in the story, however, is deep and instantaneous. This can, as we will soon see, present its own set of challenges. 

Chelsea Archer, a Nebraska-based photographer, recently filmed her daughter Zoe reading a book from author Olivier Dunrea‘s popular Gossie & Friends series, which follows an adorable gaggle of farmyard goslings. The books are widely loved by toddlers and early readers for their gentle themes of friendship, sharing, and independence. 

A tiny gosling’s missing boots prove too heartbreaking for one young reader

In this particular book,........

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