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The potato king

King Fritz, aka Frederick the Great of Prussia, tricks his citizens into enjoying potatoes when he plants a field and has an army of men guard the perimeter.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Niemann, Christoph (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English German
Published:	Toronto, ON ; Berkeley, CA : Owlkids Books Inc., 2015.
Subjects:	Frederick > II, > King of Prussia, > 1712-1786 > Juvenile fiction. Potatoes > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	King Fritz, aka Frederick the Great of Prussia, tricks his citizens into enjoying potatoes when he plants a field and has an army of men guard the perimeter.
Item Description:	Translation from the German of: Der Kartoffelkönig.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Audience:	Preschool.
ISBN:	9781771471398 (bound) 1771471395 (bound)
Author Notes:	Christoph Niemann is an award-winning and prolific illustrator, artist and author. He creates the "Abstract Sunday" column in the New York Times Magazine (formerly known as "Abstract City" on the NYT blog) and has done work for Wired , TIME , Google, Amtrak and the Museum of Modern Art. He lives in Berlin, Germany, with his wife.