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After moving, Maggie and her family are lonely until she discovers how to use the goodbye gift

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1 author picked Maggie and the Goodbye Gift as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love being “caught” by great truths in the shape of precious, funny picture books. And this is one that did just that!

We all get that strangers are scary and probably not friendly and probably not nice and probably.. and probably... Well, I didn’t know how Maggie could possibly change the situation for her family, but she sure did.

I laughed and was so glad that I had discovered this book! It was written in 1979 and is so worth the search to find! 

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