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K-3
Illustrated by
Liz Starin.
"I'm a big dragon." A costumed boy confident in his dragon-like menace keeps getting cut down ("No, you're not") by two visiting dragons. They reassure him that "there are lots of things you can do," only to start bawling upon realizing their own limitations. This entertaining spirit-booster, accompanied by tastefully splashy illustrations, delineates how differences are compensatory in a friendship.