GROWING UP IN AFRICA'S ELEPHANT KINGDOM: The Story of Little Bull
Ellen Foley James, , photos by Karl Ammann. . Sterling, $6.95 (45pp) ISBN 978-0-8069-2095-5
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Reviewed on: 12/03/2001
Genre: Children's
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