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Nina ( picturetalk321 )
An inoffensive nice little book for beginning readers with large clear font (well-suited to mature readers with failing eyesight, too), Quentin-Blake'esque humorous drawings by Warwick Johnson Cadwell and much repetition of words to aid comprehension.

"How will I sell my palm oil?" wailed Auntie Fine-Fine.
"How will I sell my yams?" wailed Mama.
"How will I sell my oranges and mangos?" wailed Grandmother.

Four chapters each tell a stand-alone tale of a boy in a Nigerian village, with a cast of secon
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