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The Little Island

by Golden MacDonald · 1946

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There is a little island in the ocean—and this book is about how it is on that little island, how the seasons and the storm and the day and night change it, how the lobsters and seals and gulls and everything else live on it, and what the kitten who comes to visit finds out about it.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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naturenatureMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thiscatscatsMore like thisLess of thisartartMore like thisLess of thiscommunitycommunityMore like thisLess of this
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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of thisgeographygeographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 48 pages
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