Raising Dragons

Favorite moment of the day-- talking to some of my lower-grade kids about the book 'Raising Dragons.' We were discussing what it means to have something "in your blood," the way raising dragons was in the girl's blood. The kids came up with better definitions than I! A boy told me it means you love something, a girl said it means something you dream about ... if love it and dream about it, it will certainly become part of you, and remain in your blood.

Other words we talked about in 'Raising Dragons:'
daughter
opinion
critter
snout

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