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Explain parades and introduce pretend play with this fun activity. Children will create a happy parade and dress up like characters from Otis.

Millions of people around the world read Otis by Loren Long on October 3, 2013. Learn more about this year's Read for the Record book at http://jstart.org/readfortherecord.

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