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Miss Fancy meets Frank

Meet Miss Fancy by Irene Latham

July 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #Youth Over all, Meet Miss Fancy is an amazing fictional story about the real elephant, Miss Fancy. Irene Latham brings to life the story of an elephant and a young boy with the wish of one day being near a real elephant. The illustrations of John Holyfield not only bring to life the history of the time in fun, sweet, colorful, and realistic images, but brings to life the text as well. There is an afterwards by the author and illustrator. The only part […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History Tagged With: based on true story, cbr11bingo, Elephants, Irene Latham, John Holyfield, United States - African-American

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:255 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: based on true story, cbr11bingo, Elephants, Irene Latham, John Holyfield, United States - African-American ·
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