King Matt the First
- ISBN-10
- 1466894172
- ISBN-13
- 9781466894174
- Series
- King Matt The First
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 332
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-30
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Author
- Janusz Korczak
Description
A child king introduces reforms to give children the same rights as adults.
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