Sam Panda and Thunder Dragon

Several years ago I bought this book so that I could study andsavor the charming story and illustrations. One day a friend of mine,who was a preschool teacher, saw the book on my bookshelf, grabbed it and read it from cover to cover. She told me that she simply must have it for her kids. Having been a preschool teacher myself once, I knew that she was right, that the she simply must have it for her kids, so I gave it to her. Well, she read it to them . . . and read it to them and read it to them and read it to them. They couldn't get enough of it! I was glad that her kids had a copy but I began to miss it so much that I finally ordered another copy for myself. It's too bad that publishers let great books like this one go out of print. This book deserves a much larger readership than I suspect it has had. The contrasting temperaments of Sam Panda and Thunder Dragon--coupled with the fascinating illustrations--propel the story in a way that really captures the imagination.