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Stan Berenstain, Co-Creator of Those Fuzzy Bears, Dies at 82
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Stan Berenstain churned out more than 250 books showing how the warm and fuzzy Berenstain Bears confronted and learned from life's little crises.
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Following Santa to the Ends of the Earth
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Jeremy Seal explains how a doleful-looking Anatolian bishop became the red-suited star of young dreams.
A Life in the Culinary Front Lines
By R. W. APPLE Jr.
The pioneering culinary journalist Clementine Paddleford wrote the book on American cooking's coming of age.
C. S. Lewis Frowned on a Live-Action 'Narnia'
By BEN SISARIO
In a newly published letter, the author said that a "human, pantomime" version of Aslan, the wise lion character, would be "blasphemy."
The Poet's Voice Online
By BEN SISARIO
A new Web site under the auspices of Andrew Motion, the poet laureate of Britain, will collect recordings of poets reading their own works.
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