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In this charming children’s story, an African American boy relishes a bright summer day on his family’s farm. He helps milk the cows, casts a line at the pond, and looks forward to the simple joys of farm life all set in rhyming verse.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: W. Nikola-Lisa
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