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The Old Meadow

by George Selden · 1987

Chester Cricket and His Friends seriesNext:Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse / Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride(2009) →

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Illustrated in b&w, heroic Chester Cricket and fellow animal friends help save the kind, old hermit from being evicted.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
medium · 202 pages

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