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    My Literary Zoo
    My Literary Zoo
    My Literary Zoo
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    My Literary Zoo

    By Kate Sanborn

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    This book is a collection of interesting poems written about animals by various notable poets of the time. Included here are To the Mouse (Robert Burns), The Humble-Bee (Ralph Waldo Emerson), and To a Waterfowl (William Cullen Bryant).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 5, 2021
    ISBN4066338075376
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