Lazy Jack
Tony Ross. Puffin Books, $3.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8037-0555-5
Splashes of color enliven the whimsical tale of a lazy fool who cheers a dour princess. Ages 4-8 . (September)
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Reviewed on: 09/01/1988
Genre: Nonfiction
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