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Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky
by Alan Page
Illustrator: David Geister
Ages: 6+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Page Education Foundation
ISBN: 978-0-615-76028-5
Keywords: Hand Deformity, Football, Reading
Why is Judge Alan Page's pinky finger so odd looking? This former defensive tackle shares his secrets in a read aloud session at his old school. Oil painting illustrations.