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Josephine: A Dazzling Life

by Christian Robinson & Patricia Hruby Powell

Recommendations from our site

Other books by Christian Robinson and Patricia Hruby Powell

Rain by Christian Robinson & Linda Ashman

Our most recommended books

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Father Christmas Goes on Holiday by Raymond Briggs

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals by Ben Rothery

Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

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Rain
by Christian Robinson & Linda Ashman

Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga

Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell

Father Christmas Goes on Holiday
by Raymond Briggs

Akata Witch
by Nnedi Okorafor

Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals
by Ben Rothery

Danny Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl