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Step Into Reading 4 : A Poor Excuse for a Dragon


표지는 쉬워보이지만 어렵다...제목도 쉬워보이는데.애가 영어학원 레벨 테스트를 보는데 이 책으로 시험을 보기에,(이 책의 일부분을 읽게 하더라)한 번 사봤더니 제법 어렵다.어휘는 쉽지만 내용과 두께가 만만치 않다. 문장도 좀 챌린징 하고.그래도 스텝인투 리딩이라는 것만으로 자주 꺼내 보는 책...그림도 예쁘고 내용도 재밌고 .... 추천한다.
Fred the dragon has a list of tasks he must complete in order to be a successful dragon?none of which comes naturally. But he s determined to make #5?eat people?work. Before you can say pass the salt he s gobbled up three people even though he doesn t have the stomach for it. Luckily a local shepherd, with the help of a giant and a witch, knows how to cure what ails him and get those pesky people out of his belly. It s happily-ever-after for everyone in ways you d never expect.

Geisel award-winning author/illustrator Geoffrey Hayes is a stepped reader maestro. The common threads between his wildly popular Uncle Tooth and Otto SIRs and the more recent Benny and Penny series (Toon Books) are clear and constant. The art is adorable, the characters are bursting with personality, and the stories are humorously subversive. From marauding pirates to misbehaving mice to a dragon who swallows people whole (and then continues to communicate with them in his belly!), Geoffrey always hits that sweet spot for the stepped reader audience?easy to decode, illustrative tales that tickle the funnybone.