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The Boy Who Painted Dragons

40 pp. | McElderry | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-2469-2 $21.99
(4) K-3 Ping paints dragons everywhere, though he's secretly afraid of them. After a visit with the Heavenly Dragon, he's bestowed with four kinds of wisdom–-goodness, purity, acceptance, and clarity--from dragons representing water, fire, earth, and wind. The lengthy, abstract tale isn't especially compelling. However, the elegant paint and ink with Chinese silk brocade illustrations, featuring fold-out pages and gold-painted dragons, are beautiful.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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