Amesbury: Tuesday was a good day to get warm under a blanket and read some books as Caitlyn Creps, left, and Olivia Houston, both 7, did at Amesbury Elementary School as temperatures started at zero in the morning with more snow on the way. Librarian Lori Byman read the children "Kirsten's Surprise: A Christmas Story" then the second-graders read books of their own as they brought pillows, blankets and friends or dolls. Bryan Eaton/Staff Photo

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