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The Defender

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Author(s):Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):Claire Louden
George Louden, Jr.
Publisher(s): Charles Scribner’s Sons
Year Published: 1951
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
European
Families
Farm Life
Nature - Mammals
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 136
OCLC: 992483
Award(s):
Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1952

Description

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

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The Defender (1961)

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

Publisher: Oxford University Press
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