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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.