Mark Pardue, general manager of the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, reads "The Story of Ferdinand" to Brianna Kurashewich, 3, Madison Lampe, 3, and Laura Flynn, 4. Jen Schmidt/Nevada Appeal News Service

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'Read for the Record' effort attempts to close nation's early education gap

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• September 25, 2007