Bed Bk PB
Sylvia Plath, Plath. Trophy, $6.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-443184-2
In this work written for the poet's own children, the beds she describes are incredible and amusing. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/01/1989
Genre: Children's
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