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Disney CD Storybook: The Lion King/The Little Mermaid/Toy Story/Aladdin |
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane |
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Kate Dicamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator) |
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Starred Review. Grade 3-6–This achingly beautiful story shows a true master of writing at her very best. Edward Tulane is an exceedingly vain, cold-hearted china rabbit owned by 10-year-old Abilene Tulane, who dearly loves him. Her grandmother relates a fairy tale about a princess who never felt love; she then whispers to Edward that he disappoints her. His path to redemption begins when he falls overboard during the familys ocean journey. Sinking to the bottom of the sea where he will spend 297 days, Edward feels his first emotion–fear. Caught in a fishermans net, he lives with the old man and his wife and begins to care about his humans. Then their adult daughter takes him to the dump, where a dog and a hobo find him. They ride the rails together until Edward is cruelly separated from... |
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Disney Pixar |
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Toy Box Innovations |
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Audio Compact Disc - Abridged |
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Product Description: Share the magic of Disney while making storytelling more fun than ever. The Disney/Pixar Read-Along Collection Box contains three beautifully illustrated 24-page books and a Read-Along CD with word-for-word narration of each story that encourages independent reading and helps develop vocabulary. Enjoy the exciting adventures of Nemo, Flik and Dot, and Mike and Sulley. Perfect for quiet times, car and plane trips. The Disney/Pixar Read-Along Collection Series is an ideal gift for family, friends, birthday parties and holidays. Character voices right from the movies, coupled with vivid sound effects, will keep children coming back to ?Read-Along? time after time. Product Components: Three beautifully illustrated 24 page Read-Along story books: Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo, Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life... |
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Disney Princess |
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Toy Box Innovations |
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Product Description: Share the magic of Disney while making storytelling more fun than ever. The Disney Princess Read-Along Collection Box contains three beautifully illustrated 24-page books and a Read-Along CD with word-for-word narration of each story. Enjoy the classic Disney adventures of Cinderella, Snow White and Princess Aurora. Perfect for quiet times, car and plane trips. The Disney Read-Along Collection Series is an ideal gift for family, friends, birthday parties and holidays. Character voices right from the movies, coupled with vivid sound effects, will keep children coming back to Read-Along time after time. The word-for-word narration encourages independent reading and helps develop vocabulary. Product Components: Three beautifully illustrated 24 page Read-Along story books: Disney's Cinderella, Disney's... |
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Fairyopolis |
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Cicely Mary Barker |
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Do you believe in fairies? Protected and hidden by a society of Fairy lovers for over 80 years the secret fairy journal of Cicely Mary Barker is available for the first time ever to the public. Learn what really happened during that magical Summer of 1920 when Cicely Mary Barker discovered the secret world of the Flower Fairies.
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The Jolly Postman: Or Other People's Letters |
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Janet Ahlberg |
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From Publishers Weekly
This British import is great fun, sure to entertain children and parents alike. The Jolly Postman goes from home to home in a fairy-tale kingdom, delivering letters to such familiar addresses as "Mr. and Mrs. Bear, Three Bears Cottage, The Woods." Every other page is an actual envelope, with a letter tucked inside. The letter to the three bears, for instance, is from Goldilocks, who apologizes for the trouble she's caused and invites Baby Bear to her birthday party. Some authors would stop with this cute concept, but the Ahlbergs have given this book their all. The story of the postman's travels is told in charming verse; the pictures are delightful, full of clever detail; and the results are frequently hilarious. (The wicked witch of "Hansel and Gretel" fame, for instance, receives a circular from Hobgoblin... |
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Cinderella : A Pop-Up Fairy Tale |
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Matthew Reinhart (Illustrator) |
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Book Review Exclusive: Make Your Own Pop-Up
Fans of Matthew Reinhart's gorgeous pop-up books can download, fold, and color a pop-up Cinderella of their very own, by following these simple instructions.
Book Review's Significant Seven
Matthew Reinhart graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author: the Book Review Significant Seven.
Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?A: Peter Spier's book Gobble, Grunt, Growl was my favorite as a child and as a young artist. The only words in the book were animal sounds, but the pictures really told the story. Mr. Spier is an amazing draftsman and while his creatures remained realistic, they all displayed such emotion and fun. He really knows how to set a... |
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Disney's Instant Classics |
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Toy Box Innovations |
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Audio Compact Disc - Abridged |
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0763411485 |
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Product Description: Share the magic of Disney while making storytelling more fun than ever. The Disney Instant Classics Box contains three beautifully illustrated 24-page books and a Read-Along CD with word-for-word narration of each story. Enjoy the classic Disney adventures of Chicken Little, Lilo and Stitch, and Brother Bear. Perfect for quiet times, car and plane trips. The Disney Read-Along Collection Series is an ideal gift for family, friends, birthday parties and holidays. Character voices right from the movies, coupled with vivid sound effects, will keep children coming back to ?Read-Along? time after time. The word-for-word narration encourages independent reading and helps develop vocabulary. Product Components: ? Three beautifully illustrated 24 page Read-Along story books: Disney's Chicken Little,... |
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The Velveteen Rabbit |
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Margery Williams |
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0757303552 |
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An all-time children's classic "The Velveteen Rabbit" beautifully packaged with an adorable, authentic plush version of the beloved bunny! Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit, the classic story of a toy bunny that learns what is means to be real, has sold more than 4 million copies. This new edition uses an airy layout to highlight the wisdom and beauty of Margery Williams words and a small, gift-book trim size. Additional features include the original 1922 illustrations by William Nicholson and a new introduction by Toni Raiten-DAntonio, author of The Velveteen Principles. Every detail of the adorable 9" plush rabbit featured in this gift set was designed to be true to the original character, from the hand-stitched vintage accents to the actual materials used - just like the rabbit in the story, he is made of... |
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Sleeping Beauty |
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Sue Kassirer |
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Barbie stars as the sleeping beauty in this gorgeously illustrated retelling of the classic fairy tale.
Card catalog description
A child imagines all the things to be done when one is bigger.
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Dragonology Handbook : A Practical Course in Dragons (Ologies) |
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Dugald Steer |
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This indispensable workbook teaches everything you need to know to become an esteemed dragonologist.
Attention, devoted dragonology students! How many classic riddles do you know that could help you survive a dragon encounter? What dragon species attacks its victims with a "frosty blast" instead of a jet of flame? Which historical questions should you ask a dragon in order to estimate its age? Can you write your name using only dragon runes? Contained in this beautifully designed, comprehensive course book are invisibility spells to memorize, charts to complete, maps to shade in, matching exercises to do, journal entries to write, experiments to conduct, even instructions for making a dragon attractor. Among the volume's charming novelty elements are:
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Barbie Princesses and Fairytales (Ultimate Sticker Book Series) |
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Manufactured by DK Publishing Staff |
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Barbie Ultimate Sticker Book Princesses & Fairy Tales give creative children the opportunity to dress-up their favorite fashion doll as Cinderella, Snow White, and many more popular characters from literature and film.
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier |
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| Author: |
Tor Seidler |
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0062059009 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The masterful pastel illustrations that distinguished the artist's Caldecott Honor-winning Puss in Boots transform yet another timeless tale into a modern classic. This graceful retelling of Andersen's touching story of true love between a malformed toy soldier and a paper ballerina is charged with both romance and heroism. Alternating perspectives achieve striking visual effect--toys and animals loom large as seen through the stoic vision of the brave soldier; at other points during his perilous journey he appears as a mere sliver of blue and red amid the city's bustle. The soft glow of candlelight imparts a shadowy warmth to the interior scenes, which feature a gaggle of handsomely turned out children admiring their Christmas bounty. Seidler's ( A Rat's Tale ; The Tar Pit ) polished prose perfectly complements... |
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Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia: A Storybook (Pictureback(R)) |
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Mary Man-Kong |
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Barbie stars in Barbie™ Fairytopia: Mermaidia™, a retelling of the new direct-to-DVD movie. This time, the brave fairy Elina must travel to the magical world of the mermaids for an amazing undersea adventure! With full-color illustrations and press-out fairy paper dolls, this storybook will be a must-have for all Barbie® and fairy fans!
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Velveteen Rabbit |
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Margery Williams |
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HCI's hit self-help book The Velveteen Principles uses the lessons in Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit, the classic story of a toy bunny that learns what it means to be real, to show today's adults how becoming "real" and embracing their true selves can make them wiser, healthier and best of all happier. This new edition of The Velveteen Rabbit is designed to compliment The Velveteen Principles. It uses the same cover design and interior design iconography. The text uses an airy layout to highlight the wisdom and beauty of Margery Williams' words. Additional features include the original 1922 illustrations by William Nicholson and a new introduction by Toni Raiten-D'Antonio, author of The Velveteen Principles.
About the Author
Margery Williams is the author of more... |
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Adventures of Pinocchio |
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Carlo Collodi |
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From Publishers Weekly
Innocenti's luminous interpretation of Collodi's tale carves the action out of 19th century Italian landscapes. Clearly shown as a mocking marionette, this Pinocchio races through cobbled city scenes and then throws himself prostrate at the personor fairywhom he has most recently wronged by his hasty, thoughtless behavior. And when he becomes a real boy, the transformation is resounding: left slumped on a chair is the body of a puppet; readers may marvel that what lies so lifeless in that scene was the source of so much trouble earlier on. Enchantment reigns in the pictures, each a perfect elaboration of the text. Innocenti and Collodi are equally at home in a place where puppets have life beyond human hands, and where souls may die and live again, resurrected by the power of love. All ages. Copyright 1988 Reed... |
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Letters from Felix: A Little Rabbit on a World Tour |
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Annette Langen, et al |
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From Publishers Weekly
In one of the inaugural titles from the Abbeville Kids imprint, Sophie's family is returning from vacation when her stuffed rabbit, Felix, disappears in a crowded airport. Readers will spot the lost toy on the luggage conveyor depicted in the first of Droop's cheery, busy spreads. As the distressed child goes home, Felix embarks on a whirlwind international tour, communicating with Sophie via five letters (which can be removed from envelopes attached to the pages). After each epistle describes the rabbit's sightseeing adventures in London, Paris, Rome, Cairo, Kenya and New York City, Langen fleshes out Felix's travelogue with additional information about the locales. Though its format obviously recalls the Jolly Postman books, Langen's wordy, occasionally awkward narrative lacks the ingenuity of those works.... |
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Cinderella with Sticker |
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Sonali Fry |
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Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.
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Jack and the Beanstalk/Giants Have Feelings, Too |
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Alvin Granowsky |
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0613167244 |
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The Nutcracker with CD |
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Adapted by Janet Schulman |
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Many, many children know and love the Nutcracker story. Every year, in every city, countless ballet troupes, accompanied by Tchaikovsky's thrilling music, perform this Christmas classic about a girl who helps a wooden nutcracker man defeat a nasty army of mice and winds up in the magical dreamworld of the Land of Toys. But the ballet leaves a few questions unanswered. How did the Nutcracker and the King of Mice become such mortal enemies? And how did the Nutcracker turn into a handsome prince? Acclaimed children's author and editor Janet Schulman (The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury) adapts E.T.A Hoffman's 1816 original, faintly sinister, tale and helps answer these questions. The lines between good and evil are drawn less sharply than in the familiar ballet, and more attention is paid to all that happens before the... |
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Hooray for St. Patrick's Day!: A Lift the Flap Book |
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Joan Holub |
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It's Saint Patrick's Day, and time to join in the celebration. Children can lift the flaps for interactive fun as they see the children in this book make holiday crafts, taste traditional Irish food, perform a play about Saint Patrick, and even march in a Saint Patrick's Day parade. As an added bonus, they can search for the hidden leprechaun on each spread. A great way for young readers to learn about and enjoy the holiday.
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Rumpelstiltskin/A Deal Is a Deal! |
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Alvin Granowsky |
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0613168216 |
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Card catalog description
When read front to back the text retells the traditional tale of straw spun into gold, but flip the book over and upside-down for Rumpelstiltskin's side of the story.
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The Empress and the Silkworm |
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Lily Toy Hong |
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From Publishers Weekly
Falling into the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction category, the story of silk-its path from pupa to necktie-is inherently pretty interesting. But toss in a 5000-year-old Chinese legend about the discovery of silk, and the story becomes even more intriguing. One morning, around 2700 B.C., a cocoon falls into the empress Si Ling-Chi's teacup. The cocoon unwinds in the hot tea, revealing its delicate strands and prompting the empress to dream of seeing her husband, the Yellow Emperor, "clothed in a robe woven from the heavenly thread." Silk production begins, the emperor gets his robe, and the empress becomes known as "the Lady of the Silkworm." Unfortunately Hong's (Two of Everything) illustrations deaden the brilliance of their subject. Airbrushed, her acrylics and gouache pictures feel pale and washed out, the... |
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Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale |
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Retold by Lily Toy Hong |
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As she did in How the Ox Star Fell from Heaven , this talented author-illustrator here distills a Chinese folktale with style and humor. Her lucid narrative is coupled with beguiling, full-page airbrushed acrylic and gouache pictures that display a distinctive palette highlighted by sumptuous blues and greens. Digging in his garden, a poor farmer discovers an ancient brass pot. While carrying his find home, the man drops his purse, which he then tosses into the pot for safekeeping. At home, when his wife peers into the vessel she finds not one but two purses. The couple puts the magic pot to work, multiplying their remaining gold coins many times over. But their good fortune takes an unexpected turn when Mr. and Mrs. Haktak both manage to fall into the pot, and a clone of each of them appears. "Now even our... |
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff/Just a Friendly Old Troll |
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Alvin Granowsky |
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0613168615 |
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From School Library Journal
K-Gr 2--A rather pedantic retelling of the venerable Norwegian folktale is placed back-to-back with "Another Point of View." According to the Troll, who lives in a well-appointed home under the bridge, he is just being hospitable by inviting the Goats Gruff to dinner. It's not his fault that they think he wants to eat them. Newbury's Troll isn't especially fearsome he's just an ugly man and Nidenoff's illustrations for the Troll's tale feature a pastoral setting with pointy-eared, smiling, humanlike characters. True, there are two sides to every story, but for more satisfying retellings and illustrations, rely on versions by Glen Rounds (Holiday, 1993), Janet Stevens (Harcourt, 1987), and Paul Galdone (Clarion, 1979).Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries, NECopyright 1996 Cahners Business... |
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Pinocchio (Creative Editions Series) |
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Carlo Collodi |
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From Publishers Weekly
Innocenti's luminous interpretation of Collodi's tale carves the action out of 19th century Italian landscapes. Clearly shown as a mocking marionette, this Pinocchio races through cobbled city scenes and then throws himself prostrate at the personor fairywhom he has most recently wronged by his hasty, thoughtless behavior. And when he becomes a real boy, the transformation is resounding: left slumped on a chair is the body of a puppet; readers may marvel that what lies so lifeless in that scene was the source of so much trouble earlier on. Enchantment reigns in the pictures, each a perfect elaboration of the text. Innocenti and Collodi are equally at home in a place where puppets have life beyond human hands, and where souls may die and live again, resurrected by the power of love. All ages. Copyright 1988 Reed... |
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The Gingerbread Man |
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Carol Jones |
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From Publishers Weekly
That baked-goods scamp stars in another retelling, and although his creators (the little old man and woman), his taunting refrain ("Run, run, as fast as you can,/ You can't catch me,/ I'm the gingerbread man") and his fate (being gobbled by a clever fox) remain the same, Jones (What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?) adds two nifty twists. One is narrative: the Gingerbread Man's pursuers are characters from Mother Goose, including Little Boy Blue, the Grand Old Duke of York and Little Miss Muffet. The other is novelty: a die-cut window on each spread gives a hint about who the next person on the cookie's trail will be (thus, on a spread where the Gingerbread Man teases Humpty-Dumpty, an opening on the opposite page reveals a tiny figure in a haystack who turns out to be Little Boy Blue). Jones's whisper-thin, meticulous ink... |
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears/Bears Should Share! (Another Point of View) |
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Alvin Granowsky, Lyn Martin (Illustrator) |
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