Three Sisters
Audrey Wood. Puffin Books, $4.95 (4pp) ISBN 978-0-8037-0597-5
These collaborators offer an irreverent and funny look at sisterhood. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/01/1989
Genre: Children's
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