The Jolly Regina (The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters Book 1)

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Children's Dictionary a rather large leather bound tome with a cracked spine reinforced with many layers of tape a gold stamped cover featuring the beatific silhouette of Dr Snoote himself and tabs along the side for each letter of the alphabet The dictionary is the Bland Sisters favorite reading material and their main source of education Carrying Dr Snoote in her backpack is Kale's main source of physical and mental exercise Fifth Jaundice is known to wear a smock featuring an inordinate number of pockets Being the more skilled seamstress of the two sisters a skill learned from one of Dr Snoote's Educational Sidebars called Know Your Stitches Jaundice sewed this garment herself out of an old curtain and the upholstery of a long since discarded couch Usually the pockets contain such treasures as a sock darning needle and thread several milk bottle caps a long shoelace with various knots tied in it and half of yesterday's sandwich wrapped in a napkin Jaundice tends to forget to empty her pockets before her smock goes into the wash much to the chagrin of Kale who does the laundry Other than these few distinctions the Bland Sisters are just about the Same