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The Loathsome Dragon.


The Loathsome Dragon

David Wiesner & Kim Kahng

Clarion A family of application development systems for Windows from SoftVelocity, Inc., Pompano Beach, FL (www.softvelocity.com). Clarion provides a comprehensive set of tools for development, including a screen builder, 4GL and application generator.  Books

215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003

www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com

0618543597 $16.00 1-800-225-3362

Take a traditional English fairy tale fairy tale

Simple narrative typically of folk origin dealing with supernatural beings. Fairy tales may be written or told for the amusement of children or may have a more sophisticated narrative containing supernatural or obviously improbable events, scenes, and personages
 revolving around dragons, wicked stepmothers, a prince and evil enchantment enchantment: see magic.
Enchantment
See also Fantasy, Magic.

Alidoro

fairy godfather to Italian Cinderella. [Ital.
, add gorgeous paintings by David Wiesner, and retell re·tell  
tr.v. re·told , re·tell·ing, re·tells
1. To relate or tell again or in a different form.

2. To count again.

Verb 1.
 the package for young readers with rudimentary skills and you have all the elements of a favorite book in The Loathsome Dragon. The story has the same basic structure but is more accessible to the younger audiences, here.
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