- Fiction, Cactus, Stories without words, Deserts
After a rainstorm, Clementina and her father discover a surprise in the prickly skin of the cactus that they've watched growing in the desert.
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Intimate, earnest, warm and grave.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Ezra Jack Keats
- First published
- 1982
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Methuen, Viking, Viking Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780670225170
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About Ezra Jack Keats · 1916–1983
American childrens author and illustrator.
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