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A Nose for Adventure in 'Mr. Blewitt'

NPR

By Daniel Pinkwater,

Scott Simon

Published May 28, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Primrose Pumpkin and her dog Dirk are on a quest to return a lost nose.

Copyright 2005 NPR

Daniel Pinkwater

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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