Ape Ears and Beaky
Nancy J. Hopper. Avon Books, $2.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-70270-1
Rivals become unlikely friends in this humorous mystery. Ages 812. (February)
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Reviewed on: 02/01/1987
Genre: Children's
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