New Arrival/New American Books

Written by Kat Zhang
Illustrated by Charlene Chua
Published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Amy loves craft time at school. But when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don’t think it’s a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right…None of them feels like hers.

After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family to help her. Together, can they make Amy’s perfect dragon?

Primary ISBN: 9781534463639
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 04 or older

Community Represented: Chinese/Chinese American

Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts

Setting: United States

Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: 2nd Generation

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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