That Pesky Dragon

That Pesky Dragon

Author: Julie Sykes

Publisher:

Published: 2008-06-19

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780340932001

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When a pesky dragon visits their farm and hard boils their chickens' eggs, turns the wheat fields to toast, and the cows' milk to yogurt, Izzy needs to find a solution before the Remove-A-Dragon lady arrives.


A Poor Excuse for a Dragon

A Poor Excuse for a Dragon

Author: Geoffrey Hayes

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2011-08-23

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0375868674

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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.


There Is a Dragon Under My Door

There Is a Dragon Under My Door

Author: Darren Sylte

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2018-05-03

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 1532048009

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A little boy just knows there is a dragon under his door. Every night when he goes to bed, he can hear him breathing under there. His mom thinks he is silly, but she does not hear that dragon panting in the darkness. The boy does his best to ignore him. Even when he pulls his blankets over his head and buries his head under his pillow, that pesky dragon is still there, waiting. Finally after he falls asleep and awakens the next morning, the boy cautiously opens his bedroom door. What will he find there? In this charming children’s story, an imaginative boy who believes a dragon is sleeping under his door must become brave enough to learn the truth, once and for all.


Spine of the Dragon

Spine of the Dragon

Author: Kevin J. Anderson

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1250302110

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New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson triumphantly returns to epic fantasy with the Wake the Dragon series. Spine of the Dragon is a politically charged adventure of swords, sorcery, vengeance, and the rise of sleeping giants. Two continents at war, the Three Kingdoms and Ishara, are divided by past bloodshed. When an outside threat arises—the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world—the two warring nations must somehow set aside generational hatreds and form an alliance to fight their true enemy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


Quality Leadership Skills, 3rd Edition

Quality Leadership Skills, 3rd Edition

Author: Dick Leatherman

Publisher: Human Resource Development

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1599961318

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Would you like to really know how to empower employees to take greater charge over their careers? To teach employees how to take more responsibility for their performance appraisals? To delegate work to employees? You'll get clear direction in Quality Leadership - a practical manual that addresses today's need for quality performance and gives techniques for handling a wide array of employee problems. This how-to-do-it resource for new and future leaders explains basic leadership tasks in a simple, step-by-step manner. It is full of practical advice - not theories - and outlines clear standards of performance. Even if you have been trained - and retrained - in leadership principles, you'll pick up fresh, new techniques here. The 22 chapters show you how to handle the many day-to-day interactions that are key to empowering your employees and helping them be more productive and fulfilled. You'll gain down-to-earth, clear directions for how to: Delegate, solve problems, make decisions, plan, develop objectives with employees, conduct effective performance appraisals, manage time, conduct meetings, interview and select employees, develop employees, manage organizational transitions and lead others. The many detailed worksheets included will help you apply on the job what you learn. If you follow these standards of performance, you will become a good leader. Your organization will thank you. And so will your employees.


Thorfinn and the Dreadful Dragon

Thorfinn and the Dreadful Dragon

Author: David MacPhail

Publisher: Floris Books

Published: 2019-04-18

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 178250575X

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Prepare yourself for the wrath of the Norsemen! That is, if you don't mind and it's not too inconvenient... Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary Viking! He is always polite and happily offers to wash the dirty dishes. Too bad his dad is Harald the Skull-Splitter, Village Chief and the roughest and toughest Viking of them all. Vikings far and wide are travelling to Scotland's Shetland Islands for the great Fire Festival where they'll compete to become ultimate champion by creating dazzling fire displays. Chief Harald is determined to be victorious but it seems as if Thorfinn has ruined their chances against rival Viking Chief Magnus the Bone-Breaker, until he remembers a story about a once-legendary dragon, now in hiding... Can Thorfinn and his ragtag crew track down the dreadful dragon and persuade her to help them put on a winning performance? Thorfinn and the Dreadful Dragon is the seventh adventure for Thorfinn the Nicest Viking in this funny, action-packed illustrated series for young readers which bridges the gap between Horrid Henry and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, set in a world where manners mean nothing and politeness is pointless!


The Sorcerer’s Shadow

The Sorcerer’s Shadow

Author: Jordan Quinn

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1481499998

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Prince Lucas, his friend Clara, and Ruskin the dragon travel with a team of knights to the forest of Trellis, where they discover that an evil sorcerer's shadow has cursed the land and only someone pure of heart and full of hope can save them.


The Redundant Dragons

The Redundant Dragons

Author: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Publisher: Gypsy Shadow Publishing

Published: 2019-10-10

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1619503425

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Queen Verity is queen only because her mother has said she has to be. She agrees because, after all, somebody has to liberate the dragons who have long toiled in the boiler room bowels of the city. Now that they are free, nobody has any idea what to do with them or how to feed them. Everyone is used to dragons being docile cogs in the machinery of industry, tamed into tranquility by food treated with a hypnotic tranquilizer, now largely destroyed, leaving a lot of huge hungry beasts roving the capital city of Queenston. Verity needs to act fast, before the dragons remember what dragons once did to feed themselves. The crown has scarcely mussed her hair before her political enemies have her shanghaied and sold to an outward bound vessel, leaving the kingdom to the random mercies of her erstwhile assistant, Malady Hyde.


Steelhands

Steelhands

Author: Jaida Jones

Publisher: Spectra

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0553807706

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After Volstov defeated the neighbouring Ke-Han following more than a century of war, a precarious peace was achieved between the two nations. But now it appears that Volstov's ruler, the Esar, has been secretly pursuing the possibility of bringing the beautiful and fearsome mechanical dragons back to life--the very thing that could ignite another war.


East Dragon, West Dragon

East Dragon, West Dragon

Author: Robyn Eversole

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-01-03

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1416987045

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Two giant, imposing dragons confront their greatest fears…each other! East Dragon and West Dragon live on opposite sides of the world. They have never met—and they like it that way. East Dragon is sure that West Dragon’s huge wings mean that he is very, very strong. West Dragon fears that East Dragon’s long, swishy tail means that he is very, very fierce. But when some meddlesome knights start a riff between their two kingdoms, East Dragon and West Dragon are finally forced to come face-to-fire-breathing-face. Might the two dragons finally discover they aren’t so different after all? Detail-rich illustrations combine with a lighthearted, inspiring message to create a playful twist on the classic theme of fierce, fearless dragons. This story of friendship across cultures begs to be read again and again!