Month: February 2018

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Be a Good Dragon

Be a Good Dragon
by Kurt Cyrus (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: When Enzo the dragon catches a cold, it’s no mere sniffle. No indeed! His coughs and sneezes set fields aflame and barns on fire. The villagers are fleeing their farms and the townsfolk are up in arms. What’s a poor fire-sneezing dragon to do?

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“Bake be all bedder!” the dragon demands.
The wizard starts chanting and waving his hands.

“Abrcadabra! The thing I suggest
is plenty of fluids and plenty of rest!”

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Dangerous Jane

Dangerous Jane
by Suzanne Slade (Author) and Alice Ratterree (Illustrator)

Booktalk: This picture book biography of activist Jane Addams focuses on the peace work that won her the Nobel Peace Prize. From the time she was a child, Jane’s heart ached for others. At first the focus of her efforts was on poverty, and lead to the creation of Hull House, the settlement house she built in Chicago. For twenty-five years, she’d helped people from different countries live in peace at Hull House. But when war broke out, Jane decided to take on the world and become a dangerous woman for the sake of peace.

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