The Crows of Pearblossom
Hardcover, 40 pages, Harry N Abrams Inc, List Price: $16.95 | purchase
Book Summary
A rattlesnake eats every one of Mrs. Crow's eggs until Old Man Owl hatches an idea to solve the problem.
Genres:
This book is about:
- Eggs,
- Owls,
- Snakes,
- Crows,
- Fiction
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The Return Of 'Crows,' Huxley's Children's Tale
May 28, 2011 In 1944, Brave New World author Aldous Huxley wrote his first and only children's book. It's called The Crows of Pearblossom and it isn't for the faint of heart. Daniel Pinkwater, our ambassador to the world of kid's lit, joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss the book's newly illustrated re-release.

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