A Season for Mangoes.(CHILDREN'S CORNER)(book by Regina Hanson, illustration by Eric Velasquez)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

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A SEASON FOR MANGOES (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Co., $15.00), by Regina Hanson, illustrated by Eric Velasquez, tells the story of a little girl's first so-called "sit-up," a Jamaican tradition that celebrates the life of a loved one who just died. The...

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