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A tiny dragon hatches from an egg found near the young heroine's family farm. Sensible Ma and Pa hold little truck with imaginary critters, but their good nature has spawned a daughter respectful of all living things. "The same way Pa knew that farming was in his blood, I knew that raising dragons was in mine." Nolen's chimerical text meets its match in Primavera's imaginative and bold illustrations.