Book Review – Oskar’s Quest by Annika Perry
I followed Annika for quite a while. When she knew that I was writing my first children’s book Tina Lost in a Crowd, she was excited and extremely helpful to me.
It is my pleasure to share a book review of Oskar’s Quest by Annika Perry.
About the Book
Blurb
Oskar is afraid of adventures. Yet one day he finds himself on a mysterious island which needs his help. Join Oskar on this unexpected and magnificent quest, where he finds not only courage but so much more. “It’s light, extremely enjoyable and very gripping.” Esther Chilton – author & editor. Perfect for ages 3 to 6.
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My Review
Annika Perry’s Oskar’s Quest is a delightful story that originated from the author’s bedtime story to her son Sammy. The illustrations are artistic, colorful, and lively. Oskar is a little bird who fell and got lost in the jungle on the island of Roda. Bella, the red-bell flower, told him that Drang, the darkest cloud, had taken the songbird Maya. Oskar wanted to help find Maya, even though he was not a brave bird. He took off on his adventure looking for Maya, blown off by the gusty wind, and then landed on a soft surface. He heard a soft screech coming from a cage with Maya in it. Drang had captured Maya to keep him from being lonely. The sad cloud cried and shed raindrop tears. Oskar comforted him and invited him to come to Roda to listen to the songs. Drang agreed and set Maya free from the cage. Oskar and Maya united and flew back to the island in happiness. Drang’s cloud became light with brightness. He was not sad anymore. After taking Maya home, Oskar bid farewell to the flowers and birds to head home. His friends asked where the scary bird went. Drang said Oskar became a brave bird conquering an adventurous journey.
Perry did a wonderful job describing how Oskar became brave by helping others. A charming story for small children.
About Annika Perry
Annika Perry is a full-time writer, blogger and book reviewer. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and raised near Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Annika received her BA Honors Degree in German Language and Literature from the University of Leeds. Her initial employment was as a journalist followed by many years as an agent in the timber trade. She was awarded first prize in Writing Magazine’s Short Story Competition in 2014 and also shortlisted in an Ink Tears Short Fiction Contest. The Storyteller Speaks, a collection of short stories, flash fiction and poetry, was her debut book. Oskar’s Quest, a beautifully illustrated and enchanting children’s story, is her second published book. Annika Perry lives with her family in a small village in North Essex, England.
Connect Annika via:
Blog: https://annikaperry.com
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Annika-Perry/e/B0789NNWFX?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000
Twitter: Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnikaPerry68
Goodreads: Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/55576285-annika-perry
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annika-perry-5a9ab8a6/
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I gave one of my granddaughters “Oskar’s Quest” 1 1/2 years ago for her 4th birthday. She immediately loved it and still loves it along with her sister. Engaging, beautifully written and wonderful illustrations. Thank you for sharing a great review, Miriam. (an aside: I refollowed you again, wp says I was not following you – glitchy for many people?)
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I remember you have Oskar’s Quest book for your granddaughters, Erica.
Pete refollowed me many times. Liz even refollowed three times in one day. Diana also refollowed me again and again. Bette refollowed me many times also. I follow my own blog so the posts show up on the Reader. I got unfollowed every few days. Whenever I have a new post, if it doesn’t show up on the Reader, I know I got unfollowed.
Anyway, thank you for keeping in touch. Probably we should keep telling WP about this problem. I’m going to do a print screen of your message and Pete’s message two days ago, and send them to WP.
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Excellent review! Congratulations, Annika!
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Than you for reaching, Mark!
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Thank you, Mark! I’m very touched by Miriam’s wonderful review and it means so much to me.
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This is such a great review and lovely. Congratulations to Annika. Well done💖💖💖👏👏👏
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Cindy, it is an incredible review and thank you for your kind words!
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Congratulations to Annika on the wonderful review!
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Thank you for stopping by, Liz! U saw that you refollowed me many times. Oh, WordPress!!!!!
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You’re welcome, Miriam. I’ve pretty much conceded defeat with WordPress ever fixing whatever this unsubcribe bug is. Last weekend, I ended up entering all the blogs I follow into an Excel spreadsheet to make it easier to check once a week to identify what I’ve been unsubscribed from, so I can resubscribe.
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I know exactly what it is, Liz. I did the same. I used Excel spreadsheet, and I created a page on my blog with all the blogs I followed. I also went to the Reader, under Manage, I turned on Notifications for the blogs I followed. I also bookmarked the on the internet browser. WordPress is driving me crazy and making me work too hard. I also have a hard copy of the list of blogs and checked off once a week to make sure I visit them.
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I agree. We’re having to work way too hard because this company doesn’t want to fix a known problem with its software.
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Liz, thank you so much – it is so precious and lovely that more are learning about ‘Oskar’s Quest’.
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You’re most welcome, Annika!
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Awww. What a lovely review, Miriam. I just read this recently and couldn’t agree more that the story is adorable. And you have grandchildren the perfect age for it. Congrats to Annika on the wonderful review. Hugs to you both.
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Wonderful, Diana. Yeah, the story is adorable. I bet Autumn wanted me to read it to her again and again. It’s 104F in Portland. My daughter and family spent days by the water. I hope your area is not so hot. Take care!
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Hot here too. Near or in the water is the best place to be.
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I go to the gym swimming a few time a week.
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Diana, it is a joy to come across Miriam’s special and thoughtful review and even better when reading for a child! A huge thank you to you again for your wonderful review – with all this attention on Oskar and his adventure I can’t stop smiling! 😀😀 I feel blessed with your friendships and support.
Hope the weather cools down a bit for you both … here’s a cloudy and breezy 64!
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We’re either 64 or 104 here. it’s crazy. And you’re very welcome, Annika. An adorable book. I’ll include my review in the month end round-up. 🙂
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That’s great, thank you! Xx
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My pleasure to review Oskar, Annika.
We’re heading out to Santa Barbara right now and will be there for a week. It’s been two years since the last vacation (not counting visiting our granddaughters). I think it’s cooler there. ☺️
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Miriam, wishing you a fabulous holiday, precious times! Xx
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Thank you, Annika! We’re having a great time.
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Thank you for sharing.
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Reblogged this on Ed;s Site..
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Thank you for sharing, Ed.
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Great review, Miriam:) I found another book to add to my granddaughters birthsay gift.
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This would be a wonderful birthday gift, Denise!
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That’s great, Denise! 😀 Have a lovely and fun time reading ‘Oskar’s Quest’ with your granddaughters’! Many thanks for your interest. xx
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Can’t wait!
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A great review, Miriam! Annika is a wonderful writer and blogger!
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Thank you, Rebecca. Yes, she definitely is!
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Miriam is a wonderful reviewer and she always brings books to life through her thoughtful shares – I’m still beaming! Rebecca, many thanks for all your great support over the years. xx
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I’m delighted that we have connected, Annika! Sending hugs!
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Great review, Miriam! I read Oskar’s Quest and loved it. The illustrations are gorgeous and the story gripping. Thanks for sharing❣️
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I agree with you, Vashti! I loved the story and the illustrations! 💖
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Vasthi, warmest thanks for your lovely comment here, all your support and fantastic recent review / post! ❤️
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Lovely review Miriam. Annika’s stories are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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I loved Annika’s stories, Balroop! Than you for stopping by.
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Balroop, it’s a gem of a review and I feel very honoured! Bless you for your lovely comment – thank you! ❤️
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What a lovely review. This is on my TBR list (thank you, Annika, for working with your designer to make that happen). I can’t wait to read it!
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Thank you for reading and comment, Jacqui! This is a lovely story for my granddaughters.
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That’s great, Jacqui and I’m so glad all was sorted so quickly! Enjoy when you have a chance to read it!
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Only the twitter link worked for me Miriam. All the others are unavailable for some reason (that is using Reader)
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Pete, I just noticed this as well!
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I now copied the original links from Amazon and added the Amazon Author page. The last two links don’t seem to work. Do you want me to delete the last two links?
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Miriam, thank you for doing all this. I’m glad they all work apart from the author website. This is no longer active as I turned my blog into an author website / blog instead as it is so active and well-known. If you could delete the author website that would be great and you’ve reminded me that I need to take it down from Amazon!
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I’ll check on the other links, Peter. I copied the links from Annika. Than you for letting me know.
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This sounds like an adorable tale for young readers. Thanks for the sharing, Miriam, and congrats to Annika!
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Thank you, Teri! 😀 Miriam’s review has given me such a lift today!
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The book is lovely for the specified ages of children, Teri. Than you for your comment.
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Wonderful review Miriam. I am interested to see what my grandchildren think of this one, I will have to see if I can find a copy. It sounds very sweet and I love children’s books that have a message to them.
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Carla, as you imagine I’m overjoyed with Miriam’s special review of ‘Oskar’s Quest’ and I’m glad it’s piqued your interest in the book. Your comment means a lot to me, especially from your extensive knowledge of literature for children and appreciating what they like/need. If you are thinking of getting a copy for your grandchildren the link to Amazon US is https://www.amazon.com/Oskars-Quest-Annika-Perry/dp/1712401408/. Hope they (and you) enjoy the book! 😀
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Thanks Anika.
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Than you for reading the review, Carla. I hope your younger grandchildren would like the book.
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Miriam, bless you for this wonderful start to my day!! 😀❤️ You write with such tenderness about Oskar and his adventure. I’m also touched you mentioned how the story came about … theses nuggets of information are important and you’ve reminded me that this is something I shouldn’t forget to highlight. Thank you so much for your terrific review – it’s made my day!!🎈
Congratulations on your own children’s book ‘Tina Lost in a Crowd’ and I’m glad to have been able to help a little – I was so excited when I first heard of your story and plans to publish and overjoyed with your achievement. Although I’ve been taking an unplanned break from blogging the special community here on WP is never far from my mind and the warmth, friendship and support between us all is the real heart of blogging! hugs xx
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It’s wonderful how the Oskar story came about. I’m sure you’re son treasures the story, Annika. Tina Lost in a Crowd is based on my daughter’s story when she was eight. I wrote The story behind the story at the end of the book. I think children and adults alike are interested in the background. 😍💖
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It sounds like a lovely, whimsical book, Miriam. Congrats to Annika on such a wonderful review.
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Mae, I love your mention of ‘whimsical’ here and I think that captures the book perfectly!😀 It’s lovely you like the sound of ‘Oscar’s Quest’ and Miriam’s wonderful review means so much to me.
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This is a lovely book for young children, Mae. Thank you for your comment.
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What a great review for Annika’s book, Miriam. Toni x
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Toni, it was a wonderful surprise and I’m honoured with Miriam’s detailed and thoughtful review. xx
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Thank you Toni! I’m glad you liked it.
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I also love Annika’s book “ Oskar’s Quest” and have given it as present to children. Very welcome they have been.
Miriam, your review is great and gives an instant feel of the charachters.
Miriam
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Miriam, thank you so much for all your fantastic support and ahh, it’s great the Oskar has made new friends! I know, Miriam has written with great clarity and immediacy in her review and I felt surprised by how the characters shone through. A heartwarming and uplifting start to my day! xx
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Oskar’s Quest is a wonderful gift to children, Miriam. I love your idea. Thank you for adding your recommendation.
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well done with this post book review post. It brought me down memory lane tonight Miriam because I remembered a few of Annika’s shares about The Storyteller Speaks and then this book release – you reminded me how much I appreciate blog connections and now it is nice to learn more about them – like I had no idea about Annika’s German Language and Literature background.
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Yvette, your comment captures the wonder of this blogging community and yes, the amazing connections we’ve all made over the years. This is my seventh year here on WP and seeing comments from people such as yourself is like meeting up with a friend and catching up!😀
It’s lovely that you remember the book launch and shares of ‘The Storyteller Speaks’ as well as ‘Oskar’s Quest’. I’m honoured by Miriam’s wonderful and detailed review here and it means a lot that she added some extra information about me as well! I loved studying for my German degree and spent three months in Leipzig (then still – just – in DDR / East Germamy!) and then a whole year in the beautiful town of Tubingen! Hope you’re keeping well and look forward to popping over to your blog!
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Annika – I can only imagine how amazing your time in Germany was – with the lit – the architecture, the food (beer?) and the people – and as noted – it is fun to learn this about you-
And it reminds me that I need to feature you on my blog in the near future and so thanks again Miriam for the spotlight review posts to bring us all together – good day to all
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Haha! No beer for me as I don’t like it but that didn’t stop me going to the beer festivals for the fun and songs! 😀 Aww … thank you, I would love to be featured on your blog when you have a chance … just let me know closer to the time. Xx
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Sounds great Annika – and in the 1980s in upstate New York – the best beer at that time was usually anything German! Then craft beers and micro brews came and it seems like the options have changed – I don’t drink beer because I am “keto” and while I hate that term – it just means I eat a certain way and beer is not on the menu – lol – but sure did love German beer back in the day
Have a great day and I’ll be in touch about our connecting and thanks again to Miriam
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It must be a while ago when Annika shared about her Storyteller Speaks, Yvette. I downloaded Oskar last year. It comes in handy when you speak another language to translate your book and Annika did that. Thank you for stopping by.
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Yes it was a while ago – years – which is why I mentioned that this post review of yours sent me down memory lane
And thanks for the tip about the value of translating books – 😉
And my pleasure to visit – another great post here
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Good! I’m getting your blog posts again. I liked reading about how Annika came to write this story because I often wonder where an author’s ideas originate.
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Pete, so I’m not the only one who has ‘lost’ lots of post notifications! Very frustrating and at times WP has even unfollowed me from others without explanation!
It was great how Miriam mentioned the initial origins of ‘Oskar’s Quest’ and I realise that this is something I should highlight much more. You are right that people, including me, love to learn about the backstory to the creation of books!
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Everything about a writer’s process and inspiration fascinate me. I’m the type of person who doesn’t believe in recreating the wheel, and I think experience is the best teacher. Hence, I pay extra attention to the comments of those who have been at this for a bit.
I’ve read numerous complaints about WordPress in the slightly more than two years that I’ve been blogging, but I guess I’ve been lucky. I realized that I hadn’t seen any posts by Miriam and a couple of other bloggers in a bit. I had assumed (wrongly) that they hadn’t been posting. Somehow I had “unfollowed” them.
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I followed Diana many many times and she did the same to me. Liz followed me again and again. It’s WP and it’s annoying. I did triple work. In addition to clicking on the notification, I bookmarked the blogs I want to check regularly and go by that to check their blogs even if I don’t get them from the Reader. WP has to do better, Pete!
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Oh, good, Pete! You’re getting my posts. Yeah, I think whatever genres we write, we always draw something from our experiences.
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Miriam, you write wonderful book reviews: highlighting the story and author!
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Esther, I am overjoyed with this delightful review and Miriam is a real gem! Lovely to ‘meet’ you here on her blog.😀
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Yes, nice to meet you too! I’ll check out your book. Happy that Miriam shared her review of your story. 🙂
Have a great weekend and take care!
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Thank you, Esther. I’m glad you liked the review!
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You’re welcome! You’re reviews are easy to read and draws in the reader to check out the book. You got skills!!
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Thank you that you liked my review, Esther. I liked your review of my poetry book!!
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You’re welcome! Your reviews give a great overview of the book and author.
It was my pleasure to write a review for your poetry book! Enjoyed the various themes and how you addressed different seasons of your journey.
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I appreciated very much of your review of my poetry book, Esther! I treasure your review.
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Miriam, thank you for your kind words. ♥️♥️
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You’re very welcome. I’m here in Portland, Oregon for two weeks helping my daughter to watch my granddaughters. Will visit your blogs in a couple of weeks. Stay safe. ❤ ❤
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I touched something and something happened to your last comment. It didn’t go to the trash.
Anyway, thank you, Esther!
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Hi Miriam, this is a delightful book. I enjoyed your review.
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Thank you, Robbie. Kaye sent me your new book. I hope to read it soon and include the review in your book tour.
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Thank you, Miriam. That is wonderful news.
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