by Otto Kraus
PEGASUS BOOKS
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THE CHILDREN’S BLOCK
Pegasus Books, Ltd.
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Copyright © 2020 by Otto Kraus
First published by Ebury Press in 2019
First published as Smoke Is my Brother in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere as The Painted Wall in 1993
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition April 2020
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Jacket design: Brock Book Design Co. / Charles Brock
Cover photo: Georg Kristiansen / Alamy Stock Photo
Bird illustrations: Annie Sauvage / Creative Market
Daisy illustrations: Brock Book Design Co. / Charles Brock
ISBN: 978-1-64313-328-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-6431-3396-6 (ebook)
