CITY BY NUMBERS
Stephen T. Johnson, . . Puffin, $6.99 (, $6.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-14-056636-9
This companion to Johnson's Caldecott Honor book
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Reviewed on: 07/28/2003
Genre: Children's
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