WHERE IS GRANDPA?
T. A. Barron, , illus. by Chris K. Soentpiet. . Picture Puffin, $6.99 (, $6.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-698-11904-8
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Reviewed on: 12/10/2001
Genre: Children's
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