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A Picnic in October

by Eve Bunting · 1999

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Tony thinks it's dumb to go all the way to Liberty Island for a birthday picnic. But that's before he understands what the Statue of Liberty means to Grandma.

Genre
literary fictionhistorical fiction
Themes
immigration
Subject
social sciencehistory
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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