Sauce for the Mongoose

Sauce for the Mongoose: The Story of a Real-Life Rikki-tikki-tavi (ISBN ) by Bruce Kinloch is a non-fiction tale of how a family adopts a baby mongoose who they name "Pipa", the word for barrel in Swahili.

The book also contains black and white plates in the center with pictures of the author, his family and Pipa.

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