THE GREAT CAKE MYSTERY
Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case
By Alexander McCall Smith
Illustrated by Iain McIntosh
73 pp. Anchor Books. Paper, $6.99. (Middle grade; ages 7 to 10)
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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