Books like Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina


While he is asleep monkeys steal all the peddler's caps. How will he get them back?
First publish date: 1968
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Books and reading, Picture books, Children: Kindergarten
Authors: Esphyr Slobodkina
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Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

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