Metafiction and Humour in The Great Escape from City Zoo

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  • Cheryl McMillan

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2000vol10no2art1345

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The Great Escape from City Zoo, Toby Riddle, metafiction, humour, picture books

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2000-07-01

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“ Metafiction and Humour in The Great Escape from City Zoo” (2000) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 10(2), pp. 5–11. doi:10.21153/pecl2000vol10no2art1345.

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