Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme : the Seamy and Quirky Stories Behind Favorite Nursery Rhymes
- ISBN-10
- 1592401309
- ISBN-13
- 9781592401307
- Category
- Humor
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Author
- Chris John Roberts
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