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    What You Need to Know about Pink Eye
    What You Need to Know about Pink Eye
    What You Need to Know about Pink Eye
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    What You Need to Know about Pink Eye

    By Nancy Dickmann

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    Everything a young reader needs to know about pink eye: what it is, how it happens, what the symptoms are, and how it is treated. The text also presents real-life stories of kids who experience pink eye.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateAug 1, 2021
    ISBN9781666309850
    Author

    Nancy Dickmann

    Nancy Dickmann has written more than 150 non-fiction books for children, specializing in science and history. Before becoming an author, she worked for many years as an editor and publisher of children’s books.

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