The Great Dimpole Oak

Janet Taylor Lisle. Putnam Publishing Group, $5.99 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-698-11805-8

PW called this fable-like story ""beautifully orchestrated."" Ages 8-12. (Nov.)

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