Badger on the Barge
Janni Howker. Puffin Books, $4.95 (201pp) ISBN 978-0-14-032253-8
Old people and young reach mutual understanding in this collection of memorable stories. Ages 1014. (April)
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Reviewed on: 03/31/1987
Genre: Children's
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