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104 pp.
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-531-30079-X
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LibraryISBN 0-531-33079-6
(3)
4-6
Oddball weather merchants provide the focus for these two light comedic fantasies, illustrated with pen-and-ink sketches. The occasional Briticism (e.g., pounds for dollars, football for soccer) won't prevent readers from enjoying the foibles of a wind salesman with an out-of-control typhoon in his barn and three siblings whose botched sun dance produces a seemingly irreversible eclipse.