{"id":519,"date":"2026-02-11T17:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurekapubliclibrary.org\/?p=519"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:28:32","slug":"valentines-day-story-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurekapubliclibrary.org\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Story Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day Story Hour was a great success!<\/p>\n<p>I read &#8220;Boom, Snot, Twitty&#8221; by Doreen Cronin and &#8220;Walter Had a Best Friend&#8221; by Deborah Underwood. 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