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My BooksTiny Tortilla
Juan Carlos has been dreaming of a hot, tasty tortilla, but all the tortilla woman has is a small bit of masa dough. She tells Juan Carlos to work the masa patiently until it is thin and light: "If you do, you'll see... it will be more tortilla than you ever imagined." A Junior Library Guild Selection! Dragon Soup
In a desperate attempt to save herself and her father's farm from the cruel merchant, Tonlu journeys to the cave of the Cloud Dragons to steal a pearl. However she is caught and put to the task of settling a dispute between the two dragon brothers over whose soup tastes better. Knowing it would be dangerous to chose one soup over the other, Tonlu finds an ingenious solution that allows all of them win. Chosen as a Children's Choice Book by the Children's Book Council, a Smithsonian Notable Book and a Society of School Librarians International Best Picture Book winner for 1996. Translated into Arabic to be used on the West Bank to teach non-violence to Palestinian schoolchildren. Tales from the Dragon's Cave
Water dragons! Lightning dragons! Dragon pirates and kites! Each story in this magical collection of tales is filled with wonderful fairy tale characters and exciting adventures, as well as wise lessons in the art of peacemaking. Chosen Children's Choice for 2003 by the Children's Book Council. Foreword by Pricilla Prutzman, Co-founder of the Creative Response to Conflict program in Nyack, New York. How to be a Dragon... without burning your tongue
How would it feel to be turning into a dragon... scale by scale, fang by fang, claw by claw? Rozzie Banks finds out after a snowmobile accident leaves her mother in a coma. This tragedy transports her into a difficult new world, living with her estranged father in an isolated town in Nevada. She despises her new life until, inside a mountain cavern, she meets a shadowy beast. There she touches a mysterious teardrop that begins her transformation into a dragon. A finalist for a Nautilus Award in Children's Literature. Winker, Buttercup and Blue
When tiny Winker Leafkin finds a beautiful blue egg to enter in the elfin Easter egg contest, he and his friend Buttercup think they will win for sure. Then the egg hatches and they discover that raising a baby robin is a very big challenge... especially when you're only three inches tall! |
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