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Politi, Leo

Juanita

32 pp. | Getty | October, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-89236-991-1 $16.95
Reissue (1948, Scribners)
(2) K-3 These crisply reproduced volumes present four of Politi's beloved stories set in California. Emmet tells of a mischievous stray dog. The other three books are Caldecott honorees, with Pedro and Juanita (both set on Los Angeles's Olvera Street) receiving honor awards and Swallows (about a boy at the San Juan Capistrano Mission) the Caldecott Medal. Review covers these titles: Emmet, Juanita, Pedro, and Song of the Swallows.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 1948

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