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Dear Alexandra: A Story of Switzerland - a Make Friends Around the World Storybook (Making Friends Around the World)

by Helen Gudel

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In letters throughout the year, Alexandra's grandmother describes the routines and celebrations that make up life in her little village in the mountains of Switzerland.

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A Child's Book Tour of Switzerland

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Genres: Children's Books, Picture Books
DDC/MDS: 949.4 — History & geography History of Europe Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria Switzerland
LCC: PZ7 .G935 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
BISAC: JUV JUVENILE FICTION Family Multigenerational
JUV JUVENILE FICTION Science & Nature General

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 2

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Published: 1999
Genres: Children's Books, Picture Books
DDC/MDS: 949.4
LCC: PZ7 .G935

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