HOOPS
Robert Burleigh, , illus. by Stephen T. Johnson. . Harcourt/Voyager, $6 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216380-8
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Reviewed on: 10/29/2001
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 32 pages - 978-0-15-201450-6
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