Grandma Moses: Painter of Rural America
Zibby O'Neal. Puffin Books, $4.99 (58pp) ISBN 978-0-14-032220-0
An energetic, entertaining biography in the Women of Our Time series. Ages 7-11. (September)
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Reviewed on: 09/01/1987
Genre: Children's
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