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Text by David Benedictus © 2009 by Trustees of the Pooh Properties

Illustrations by Mark Burgess copyright © 2009 by Trustees of the Pooh Properties

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Published in the United States by Dutton Children’s Books,
a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
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Simultaneously published in Great Britain 2009
by Egmont Books Limited, London

eISBN : 978-1-101-14949-2