THE AWFUL AARDVARKS SHOP FOR SCHOOL

Reeve Lindbergh, , illus. by Tracey Campbell Pearson. . Picture Puffin, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-14-230122-7

"This giddy alphabet book also takes a sideways glance at issues of crime and punishment, in a rhyming narrative that echoes the voice of a precocious first-grader," wrote PW. Ages 3-8. (July)

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