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The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story


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No. of pages 32

Published: 2013

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Great for age 5-8 years

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This book has been graded for interest at 6+ years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Groundwood Books .

Uma Krishnaswami is the author of several books for children. She was born in New Delhi, India, and now lives in Aztec, New Mexico.

This book contains the following story:

Thumbelina
Thumbelina is so small she sleeps in a walnut shell bed with a rose petal sheet. One day, a toad steals her away from her home to marry his son and keeps her captive on a lilypad, until she is rescued by a beetle who takes her back to his family. She runs away into the forest only to be met by a mole who thinks she is so lovely he must marry her. Eventually Thumbalina escapes on the back of a swallow.

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