Mary Had a Little Lamb
Sarah Hale. Scholastic, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-590-43774-5
Full-color photographs reinvigorate the 18th-century classic poem. Ages 2-6. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 08/31/1992
Genre: Children's
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