Cover of Alfie the Apostrophe

Alfie the Apostrophe

Alfie the Apostrophe is nervous. Can he make it into the punctuation-mark talent show? There's plenty of competition, but it looks as if the director, Bud Asterisk, has mistaken Alfie for a comma. Will all of Alfie's practice pay off? Full color.

Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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