03413cam a2200385 4500 239550533 TxAuBib 20140810120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780375899386 0375899383 B005FH05C6 Amazon 8eb63a7e-b8de-4af6-9555-62747dd91ba4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 207928 621015 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hayes, Geoffrey. A Poor Excuse for a Dragon [Bridges eBook]. Random House Children's Books, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 22MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>"Punchy dialogue and compact sentences should make this a read-aloud delight."<i>--Publishers Weekly</i></p> <p>"Part-slapstick, part-fairy tale, the gently humorous plot has enough twists and turns to keep newly independent readers engaged.<i>"--School Library Journal</i></p> <p>Fred the dragon has a list of tasks he must complete in order to be a successful dragon--none of which comes naturally. But he's determined to make #5--eat people--work. Before you can say "pass the salt" he's gobbled up three people even though he doesn't have the stomach for it. Luckily a local shepherd, with the help of a giant and a witch, knows how to cure what ails him and get those pesky people out of his belly. It's happily-ever-after for everyone in ways you'd never expect.<br /> <br /> Geisel award-winning author/illustrator Geoffrey Hayes is a stepped reader maestro. The common threads between his wildly popular Uncle Tooth and Otto SIRs and the more recent Benny and Penny series (Toon Books) are clear and constant. The art is adorable, the characters are bursting with personality, and the stories are humorously subversive. From marauding pirates to misbehaving mice to a dragon who swallows people whole (and then continues to communicate with them in his belly!), Geoffrey always hits that sweet spot for the stepped reader audience--easy to decode, illustrative tales that tickle the funnybone.</p><br /> <br /> <i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>. Picture Book Fiction. Juvenile Fiction. Beginning Reader. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-09 14:24:47. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8eb63a7e-b8de-4af6-9555-62747dd91ba4 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/8EB/63A/7E/PoorExcuseforaDragon9780375899386.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8EB63A7E-B8DE-4AF6-9555-62747DD91BA4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/8EB/63A/7E/PoorExcuseforaDragon9780375899386.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8EB63A7E-B8DE-4AF6-9555-62747DD91BA4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/8EB/63A/7E/PoorExcuseforaDragon9780375899386.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8EB63A7E-B8DE-4AF6-9555-62747DD91BA4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)