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Skeletons Don't Play Tubas

by Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones · 1994 · 80 pages

Book 11 of The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series

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There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the new band teacher really teach a skeleton to play the tuba?

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Genre
fantasymysteryadventurehumor
Themes
childhood
Mood
nostalgia
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 80 pages

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