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When Catherine the Great and I Were Eight!

by Cari Best

Other authors: Giselle Potter (Illustrator)

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Sara, her Russian-American grandmother, her mother, and some neighbors try to drive to the beach on a very hot day.

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This book is a fun read. It is about how her Russian grandmother and their neighbors all go to the beach together so that her grandmother can teach her how to float. The illustrations are good, but there is no moral to the story. (

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Potter, Giselle	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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306Social sciences › Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology › Culture and Institutions

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PZ7.B46575Language and Literature › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Juvenile belles lettres

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