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NCPR News Lavender Ladies, a picture book for seniors

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Check out your local bookstore or library and you’ll find lots of books for infants and toddlers with vivid images and bold colors. But, how about the elderly? A Vermont woman is creating a series of picture books for seniors. The first is titled “Lavender Ladies”. Natalie Tucker Miller told Todd Moe that she got the idea for the books after reading stories to a group of residents at her mother’s nursing home.

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