The Wonderful OThis delightful tale, first published in 1957, features two pirate adventurers, Black and Littlejack, who sail to the island ofOoroo in search of treature. Black, a despot, bans anythings and everything to do with the letter O upon his arrival there. Now the people of the newly named island of R must live without things containing a letter O in their names... |
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