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Pearl and Wagner: Five Days Till Summer

by Kate McMullan

Illustrator: R. W. Alley

Ages: 6+

Published: 2012

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers

ISBN: 978-0-8037-3589-7

Keywords: School Stories, Transitional Book, Teachers

As the school year ends, Pearl begins to worry about the next school one--especially about her new teacher. Expressive mixed-media illustrations.