FAIR, BROWN & TREMBLING: An Irish Cinderella Story
Dianne Hofmeyr, Jude Daly, . . FSG/Sunburst, $6.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-374-42257-8
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Reviewed on: 02/28/2005
Genre: Children's
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