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Kickle snifters and other fearsome critters

by Alvin Schwartz · 1976

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Brief text and illustrations introduce such strange creatures from American folklore as the snawfus, billdad, lufferlang, and tripodero.

Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 63 pages

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