What's So Funny, Ketu?

Verna Aardema. Puffin Books, $4.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8037-0646-0

Noted Aardema's traditional Nuer tale is accompanied by lively illustrations. Ages 4-8. (Mar.)

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