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Jack Frost On a Roof
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| Author(s): | Unknown |
| Illustrator(s): | Robert Lawson |
| Publisher(s): | |
| Year Published: | circa 1930 |
| Type: | Periodicals |
| Genre: | Advertisement |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 1 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
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This illustration was done as part of a series of advertisement for asbestos cement shingles manufactured by Johns-Manville.
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