Mrs. Skorupski is bringing fire-breathing dragons to Liberty Elementary, and you can bring them to your school, too! In a school-wide challenge, Liberty’s students see who can read the most minutes and place 5,000 scales on their paper dragons. Patty Lee desperately wants to be the top reader in the fourth grade and earn the right to wear the dragon costume in the parade — but will Carmen Rosa Pena read her out of the running? Patty Lee turns to Mrs. Skorupski for a new plan that might put her at the top. The race is on as Patty Lee devours books, read-alouds and audio books.

Includes corresponding library lessons containing instructions for Chinese New Year and dragon activities. Grades K–5. By Toni Buzzeo. Illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa. 32 pp. Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-60213-019-7 2007.