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Cherries and Cherry Pits

by Vera B. Williams · 1986

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No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow—just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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artartMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thiscreativitycreativityMore like thisLess of thisimaginationimaginationMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
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childrenspicture books
Length
short · 40 pages

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