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Copyright © 2007 by Mallory Loehr
Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Hala Wittwer
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Loehr, Mallory.
Dragon egg / by Mallory Loehr ; illustrated by Hala Wittwer — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Step into reading. Step 1)
summary: a dragon's egg rolls out of its nest in a cave, continuing along a road,
past a castle, and through a town, where it bumps against a rock and cracks.
ISBN: 978-0-375-84350-1 (trade)
ISBN: 978-0-375-94350-8 (lib. bdg.)
[1. Eggs — Fiction. 2. Dragons — Fiction.] I. Wittwer, Hala, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.L82615Dr 2007
[E]— dc22 2006027015
Printed in the United States of America
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