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Rated r isbn 10 0590460102 isbn 9780590460101 seller. Miss dalgliesh has told the pilgrim story simply from the point of view of the hopkins family whose little oceanus was born on the mayflower. Buy a cheap copy of the silver pencil book by alice dalgliesh. Alice dalgliesh october 7, 1893 june 11, 1979 was a naturalized american author and publisher who wrote more than 40 fiction and nonfiction books, mainly for children. Scholastic education trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. The rest of the book follows janet as she and her mother move to england for janets schooling, through a visit with relatives in scotland, then a return to trinidad for mothers health, to janets decision to go to america for teacher training. Janet uses the special pencil she received from her father to turn her life into stories. The silver pencil newbery library, puffin 0140347925 by. Alice dalgliesh project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Using the silver pencil her father gave her, janet writes her stories and becomes a save to list. It is mainly aimed for the children and for the ones who are on the verge of adulthood.
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