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At the Waterworks

by Joanna Cole · 1986

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When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside.

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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SpainSpainMore like thisLess of this
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childrenspicture books
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short · 40 pages

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