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Dragon Soup

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This is a wonderful story of a brave girl conquering all obstacles by creating new solutions. She uses both her strength and wits. The illustrationsare lush and rich depicting a tropical pacific rim island. My 7 year old son loves this book and loves dragons. The illustrations are lush like in VERDI. I rate this book in the top 10 books we read last year.

Two dragons live on top of mountain that overlooks the village where Tonlu lives with her father who is deep in debt to the village merchant. If dad doesn't come up with the cash he is not only going to lose the farm, but Tonlu is going to have to marry said merchant. Not good for Tonlu, so determined to save both dad's farm and herself, she goes up the mountain to steal a pearl from the aforementioned dragons. Unfortunately she gets caught and the dragons cage her.

The dragons are making soup and Tonlu believes she is about to be the main ingredient. Is she? Can she get out of this fix? This is a book any child will love. My son, though too young to fully grasp the story, just loves it when I make up words I think he understands to go alone with the superb illustrations done by Sally Smith, illustrator extraordinaire. Dragon books, and this is a good one, are a good way to get your toddler interested in reading. My son adores this book, so does his mother, so do I.

This is a gorgeously illustrated book with a clever and thoughtful message. I highly recommend it. Wonderful!