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And a guinea pig in a trench coat

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Katherine Howe
Jan 30, 2025
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If you are acquainted with any people in the three- to seven-year-old age range, you probably have a passing familiarity with Paw Patrol. Even if you, like me, are a curmudgeon who assiduously avoids contemporary children’s programming, and who provided your offspring with elegant wooden Montessori baby toys (which he ignored) and nostalgic Fisher Price…

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