Books like Violet Mackerel's brilliant plot by Anna Branford
When a creative and seven-year-old girl discovers a blue china bird she’s been dying to have, she sets an ambitious plan to earn money and eventually purchase it.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Anna Branford
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