A Poor Excuse for a Dragon by Geoffrey Hayes
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.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.
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The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War
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Pompeii...Buried Alive!
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Hungry Plants
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How Not to Start Third Grade
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Basketball's Greatest Players
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Discovery in the Cave
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Tut's Mummy
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The Trail of Tears
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Helen Keller
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The Titanic: Lost and Found
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Looking for Bigfoot
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Volcanoes!
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How Not to Babysit Your Brother
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Green Team! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Moonwalk
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Dinosaur Hunters
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Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares
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The Mystery of the Pirate Ghost
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Double-Team! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Baseball's Best: Five True Stories
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T. Rex: Hunter or Scavenger? (Jurassic World)
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Wild Cats
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Ice Mummy
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Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4)
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The Fly on the Ceiling
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The Great Houdini
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Mikey's Monster (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Robot Rampage! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Malala: A Hero for All
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Choppers!
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20,000 Baseball Cards Under the Sea
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Soccer Sam
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Nelson Mandela: From Prisoner to President
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Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball
Geoffrey Hayes wrote and illustrated more than forty children's books, including the popular series of Otto and Uncle Tooth mysteries (Step into Reading), the beloved Bear By Himself, and the Patrick Bear books. In 2010 Geoffrey received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for Benny and Penny in the Big No-No.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375868672 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375868674 |
| Title | A Poor Excuse for a Dragon |
| Author | Geoffrey Hayes |
| Series | Step Into Reading Step 4 |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2011-08-23 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |