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    <publisher>Scholastic</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1992</dateIssued>
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    <extent>46 unnumbered pages :  color illustrations ;  23 cm </extent>
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  <abstract>A retelling of the fable from India about six blind men who each get a limited understanding of what an elephant is by feeling only one part of it.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">retold by Karen Backstein ; illustrated by Annie Mitra.</note>
  <note>"Cartwheel Books."</note>
  <note>"Grades 1 &amp; 2."--Cover.</note>
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      <title>Hello reader!</title>
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