The UNICEF Book of Fairy Tales

Pictures and Tales from Thirteen Countries (Unicef) by Avril Soecknick

Publisher: Abbeville Kids

Written in English

Published: June 1998 Pages: 48 Downloads: 226

Subjects:

Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, magical tales & traditional stories,
Folklore,
General,
Children"s Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction,
Fairy tales,
Children: Preschool

The Physical Object
Format	Hardcover
Number of Pages	48
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL11143601M
ISBN 10	0789204371
ISBN 10	9780789204370

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