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Buffett, Jimmy.
THE JOLLY MAN
Orlando : Harcourt, 2006.
IL K-3, RL 3.5
ISBN 0152057862
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On a remote Caribbean island, legend has it that a young man found a guitar in the ocean.  It was a magical guitar and as soon as the young man touched it, he magically knew how to play.  The islanders enjoyed it so much, they called the man the Jolly Man and spent days listening to him sing and play.  One day, the king of the island proclaimed that the Jolly Man should visit the other islands and share the joy with them.  But there were pirates out in the ocean.  Can Jolly Man find his way to the islands and back home safely?
SUBJECTS:     Fairy tales.
                        Caribbean Area -- Fiction.

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