FAVORITE MEDIEVAL TALES
Mary Pope Osborne, , illus. by Troy Howell. . Scholastic, $7.99 (86pp) ISBN 978-0-439-14134-5
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Reviewed on: 07/01/2002
Genre: Children's
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