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Book Title: Margaret Wise Brown : Awakened by the Moon
Item Length: 8.9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Leonard S. Marcus
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Women, Women Authors, Literary, American / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 13.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
