Ritchie, Barbara.

To catch a mongoose / Pour attraper une mangouste by Barbara Ritchie ; illustrated by Earl Thollander ; the French translation, Pour attraper une mangouest, by Marie Byrne. - Berkeley, Calif. : Parnassus Press, 1963. - 61 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

On the island of Martinique in the Caribbean, a young boy, Henri, wants to become rich so he decides to catch a mongoose and sell it. His sister Josephine causes a dramatic turn of events and he decides that his sister's happiness is far more important to him than any enticement of business.


English and French.

63018902


Mongooses--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters.
Mongooses.
Mongooses--Fiction.


Martinique--Juvenile fiction.
Martinique.


Fiction.
Juvenile works.

PZ7.R5116

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