Let's go home : the wonderful things about a house

What's the best room in the house? Is it the kitchen with its wonderful aromas and goodies? Or is it the front porch, where guests flock to visit on summer nights? Maybe it's the cozy bedroom, when you are snuggling deep under the covers on winter mornings. With gracious text and enchanting images, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and acclaimed illustrator Wendy Anderson Halperin invite read…

My home

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0749641630

Collation

24 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Series Title

Reading About

Call Number

306.8 PIP

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