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Dear Dragon

by Josh Funk

Illustrator: Rodolfo Montalvo

Ages: 6+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Viking/Penguin YR/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-451-47230-4

Keywords: Stories in rhyme, Pen pals, Dragons

Pen pals George and Blaise exchange letters writing about their interests. They they meet and find out who they really are. Watercolor and black acrylic illustrations.