Four Friends

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lj|ml:6g :6f]g (Christine Stone)

lrqfª\sgstf{ (Illustrator)
/fh' afa' zfSo …zf/aÚ (Raju Babu Shakya 'SARAB')
;Dkfbs (Editor)
zfGtf bf; dfgGw/ (Shanta Das Manandhar)

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ldng;f/ rf/ (Four Friends)

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Author Christine Stone

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Illustrator Raju Baju Shakya (SARAB)

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Editor Shanta Das Manandhar

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Publisher Room to Read, Post Box 5848, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Phone 5553897, Fax: 5553983
Email: nepal@roomtoread.org.np, web: http://www.roomtoread.org

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First Edition 6,000 copies, 2006 A.D.

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Copyright Room to Read

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Printer Apollo Offset Press Pvt. Ltd, Chabahil, Kathmandu

ISBN: 999 46-851-2-0 NP-LLP-06-02

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