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The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
by Chris Van Allsburg
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Young Alan accidentally allows the dog he's walking to enter a magician's garden. When he runs after the dog he soon realizes that the garden is anything but ordinary. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1979.
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9780395712542,
Hardcover,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
1994
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9780395712726,
Audio Cassette,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
1994
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9780395278048,
Reinforced Hardcover,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
1979
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Publisher Notes
Alan accidentally allows Miss Hester's dog Fritz to enter a magician's garden and is horrified when he thinks Fritz has been turned into a duck. "This is without question one of the best and most original picture books in years".-- New York Times Book Review. A Caldecott Honor Book.
Synopses
When the dog he is caring for runs away from Alan into the forbidden garden of a retired dog-hating magician, a spell seems to be cast over the contrary dog.
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