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Old house, new house

by Michael Gaughenbaugh · 1993

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As a family restores the large old house they have bought, they learn about its history and special features and about other types of houses, from San Francisco Victorians to Midwest farmhouses to New York brownstones.

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childrens
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short · 56 pages

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