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A Cloak For The Dreamer

by Aileen Friedman · 1994

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Once there was a tailor who had three fine sons. Whenever his older sons Ivan and Alex weren't working, they practiced measuring, cutting, and sewing. But Misha, the youngest, spent every moment poring over maps of the world and dreaming of traveling far and wide.

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identityidentityMore like thisLess of thisartartMore like thisLess of this
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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
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childrenspicture books
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short · 40 pages

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