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The Defender

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Author(s):Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):Feodor Rojankovsky
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
Year Published: 1961
Type: Hardcover
Genre: European
Families
Fiction - Novel
Nature - Mammals
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 118
OCLC: 221827462
Award(s):
Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1952

Description

Turgen, a Siberian herder, protects the mountain sheep from a hard winter.

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The Defender (1951)

Turgen takes pity on the mountain sheep during a hard winter.

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