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Little Grunt and the Big Egg

by Tomie dePaola · 1990

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A boy brings home a big egg that hatches into a dinosaur.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages

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