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Water Hole Waiting

by Jane Kurtz, Christopher Kurtz · 2002

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It's a hot day on the savanna. The sun sizzles, bristles, and bakes. A young monkey wants to drink at the water hole.

But wait!

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Blocking the way are irritable hippos, sharphoofed zebras, a toothy lion, huge elephants, and a lurking crocodile. Will Monkey ever get to taste cool water? Why is waiting so hard?

Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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