{"id":9981,"date":"2021-11-15T21:07:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=9981"},"modified":"2021-11-15T21:07:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:07:08","slug":"possum-and-the-summer-storm-2-12-3-14-2-9-2-2-3-2-5-2-5-2-2-2-2-6-2-8-2-8-2-6-2-5-2-2-7-2-2-3-2-2-2-7-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-8-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-2-2-2-2-3-1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=9981","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon a Camel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<h3>by Kathi Appelt<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9982 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/9781534406438_zoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/9781534406438_zoom.jpg 600w, 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