Milko Dr Jan Etienne

Milko Dr Jan EtienneA young boy expresses his feelings about his mother's extended trip to another country. This tender picture book by a husband and wife team begins as a Bolivian boy named Milko confides that he "misses Mama like leaves long for the rain this dry season." Without her, he observes over the next few pages, home is unsettled: Milko's younger sister cries inconsolably; Papa's porridge boils over on the stove; and unlike Mama, Papa "is terrible at haggling

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ancient and modern

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