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The tale follows two young girls who encounter a talking button fashioned in the shape of a man. With its voice guiding them, the button leads the girls on a series of magical adventures, revealing a hidden world where everyday objects possess extraordinary secrets and the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary.
First publish date: 1974
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Ruth Chew
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