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Poetry Challenge

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In today’s episode, Ty Schmidt from Norte! Youth Cycling reads us a story about a bicycle, Big Red, and its trip from North America to Burkina Faso, in West Africa. Then Stephie Luyt, the elementary library coordinator for Traverse City Public Schools, visits the Opera House to share The Poetry Challenge.

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