A delightful little alphabet book in which the letters are made up from acrobatically contorted bodies, and the accompanying text from often as equally contorted rhymes.
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Housed at: Internet Archive | From: California Digital Library |
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Found via: Susan Parker |
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Underlying Work: PD Worldwide | Digital Copy: No Additional Rights |
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