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Byline: LAURA GREEN laura.green@heraldtribune.com
When letters grouped together become more than hieroglyphics to a young mind, a magical moment crystallizes. And, as that child hones this most basic skill, reading, the groundwork is laid for educational success.
Calla Terry got the book "Beauty and the Beast" from her grandmother for Christmas about three years ago. She knew the general plot from watching the Disney movie and could piece together what was happening in her book by looking at the pictures. But it wasn't until recently that the 6-year-old could read the words on her own.
"I like words because some of them are good words," the Bradenton girl with sun-bleached hair said recently, while discussing her new…