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Children's author Philip Stead chats about his new book

NPR | By Scott Simon

Published April 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM EDT

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to children's author Philip Stead about his new book "A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic," about a goat keeper looking for a lost goat.

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