Book review: Morta, Alice Ross T. (2023). Children’s Response to Humour in Translated Poetry. LOT.
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Kouraki, Chryssa. 2026. “Book Review: Morta, Alice Ross T. (2023). Children’s Response to Humour in Translated Poetry. LOT”. The European Journal of Humour Research 14 (2): 309-14. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR.2026.14.2.1281.

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