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The Surprise in the Wardrobe

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The class goes wild when Bobby's friend the witch joins them for lunch.

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Details

Author(s):Val Willis
Illustrator(s):John Shelley
Publisher(s): Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Year Published: 1990
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Boys Growing Up
British
Fantasy - English
Picture Book
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 30
ISBN-10: 0374373094
ISBN-13: 9780374373092
LCCN: 90055038
OCLC: 22349590

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The class goes wild when Bobby's friend the witch joins them for lunch.

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