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DRAGON FRANZ by Ursula & Josef Guggenmos Konopka

DRAGON FRANZ

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Pub Date: March 28th, 1977
Publisher: Greenwillow/Morrow

Poor Franz is the only dragon in his class who can't spit fire, and there is some humor in the absurd remedies--eating lots of matches for breakfast, gargling with kerosene--that he fits into a recognizable domestic routine. But the conclusion is both predictable in outline and inane in its particulars: Franz discovers that he can turn blue--or striped or gold-specked or checkered--at will, and he uses his unique gift to win the school talent show prize. A fizzle.