The Sweet and Sour Animal Book (The Iona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Literature) Paperback – November 20, 1997 by Langston Hughes (Author), George P. Cunningham students from the Harlem School of the Arts (Illustrator), Ben Vereen (Introduction)
 
In 26 never-before-published short and wonderfully clever poems, Langston Hughes takes children through both the alphabet and the animal world. From Ape to Zebra--with bees, camels, fish, and even a unicorn in between--he paints a picture of each animal with just a few simple, but telling, words.
 
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