Once Upon a Time
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It’s just another boring day on the farm for Joanie until the voices of the saints pay a visit. "Let’s have some fun!" they say. So Joanie—always the tomboy!—puts aside her chores and joins her special friends for an afternoon to remember: skipping stones in the creek, turning cartwheels in the field, swiping a hunk of Brie from Farmer Pierre. Joanie has such a good time that she almost cries when the sun goes down and the voices have to leave. "Don’t worry, we’ll be back real soon," they say. "That would be swell!" says Joanie, nodding off to pleasant dreams of slaughtering Englishmen.
The Rainy Day Fun Manifesto
by Karl Marx
Marx gives bored young workers lots of ways to unite and to learn something, too, in this Engaging Activity Book™. Readers become comrades through games such as "Connect the Dots from Democracy to Socialism" and "Get Through the Economic and Social Collapse of Industrial Europe and North America Maze," and skits such as "The Proletariat and the Bourgeoisie Discuss Public Ownership of Property." Using lively, state-owned drawings, Marx illustrates the finer points of a philosophy that will change every playground it touches. Plus: a tear-out membership form for the International Workingman’s Association Junior League!
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