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Last Saturday my son and I had a full schedule. Not only did we attend the Book Blast at Pioneer Village, we caught a double feature at the Fox Theater: "Madagascar" and "The Wizard of Oz." What's great about the Book Blast is that kids can write down about 10 books they've read so far this summer, and they get into the event for free. At various spots throughout Pioneer Village, members of the community read books to small groups of kids. At the end of the story, each kid gets a ticket and can enter drawings for prizes at the end. It's pretty exciting when it's prize time! At the Book Blast, we checked in with friends from work and rode the train. In between stories we mingled among the buildings of Bakersfield past. The weather wasn't as hot as it had been at previous Book Blasts, so everything was quite pleasant. One of the neatest features of the event was the wandering magician. Several times we'd spotted him doing a show, but usually at...
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