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Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?
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Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal provide an answer to that age-old question - why exactly do dogs sniff bottoms?
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Description
Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal provide an answer to that age-old question - why exactly do dogs sniff bottoms?
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780143502883
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 May 2008
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Puffin
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 2.0mm
Width: 215.0mm
Height: 219.0mm
Weight: 122g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Dawn McMillan is the highly successful author of Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? She has also penned a number of other popular picture books and brings a magic to each of the stories she writes. Dawn lives on the Thames coast.
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