Chapter book · Fiction
The Stories Julian Tells
Ann Cameron; illustrated by Ann Strugnell
About the book
Julian, his little brother Huey, and their father in a collection of linked stories about family life and Julian's imagination.
Reading notes
Warm, funny early chapter book centering a Black family.
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Book details
- Author
- Ann Cameron
- Illustrator
- Ann Strugnell
- First published
- 1981
- Suggested ages
- Ages 6–9 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Developing reader
- Topics
- family, humor
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780394828923 · Random House Books for Young Readers, January 21, 1989
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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