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The chronicles of prydain segment from lloyd alexander. Lloyd chudley alexander january 30, 1924 may 17, 2007 was an american author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Heres our very first look at vocalab productions radio adaptation of lloyd alexanders the chronicles of prydain, series 1, the book of three. Dec 22, 2014 readalikes for lloyd alexanders chronicles of prydain series.
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