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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1994-01-01
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780590465731
Lexile
390
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It Takes A Village

Written and Illustrated by Jane Cowen-Fletcher

In a story based on the West African proverb, "It takes a whole village to raise a child," a young girl proudly watches her brother and then realizes that the entire village has been watching them both.

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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1994-01-01
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780590465731
Lexile
390
Themes
community
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