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Name: Mole in a hole
Author: Rita Golden Gelman

A lonely mole's animal friends find his hole too dark and small for them, but in Ms. Mole he meets the perfect companion to share his life. Features rebuses throughout the text.

First publish date: 2000

Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books

Authors: Rita Golden Gelman

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