MUTTON SOUP: More Adventures of Johnny Mutton
James Proimos, . . Harcourt, $5.95 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216778-3
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Reviewed on: 01/31/2005
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 42 pages - 978-0-15-216772-1
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