COUCOU LA GOUTTE PLAYS HER PART IN THE WAR

by Hélène Terré

$500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

London : Chatto & Windus, 1942 . Bilingual children's book in support of the Allied Forces, following a little girl from colonized Senegal who wants to help in the war effort. Very good. Item #39791 Young Coucou wants to play her part, and signs up to be an ambulance driver, exchanging her red pants and blue and white jersey shirt for a uniform. She sees battle in Belgium, and tries to join the forces in England

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