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This is the key to the kingdom

by Diane Worfolk Allison · 1992

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In the illustrations accompanying this traditional nursery rhyme, a child finds a key and goes on a magical trip away from her squalid inner-city environment into a landscape filled with color, excitement, and love.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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