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The Cable Car and The Dragon
The Cable Car and The Dragon
Author: Herb Caen
This is the rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. One night as he's puffing himself up Nob Hill, he hears a lot of excitement down below: Chinese New year! Suddenly, Charlie takes a right turn at Jackson Street, rather than the left he has taken for sixty year...  more »
ISBN: 7750
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ohdeb avatar reviewed The Cable Car and The Dragon on + 6 more book reviews
I got this for our grandson and living in the San Francisco area he loves it!
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This is a classic children's book.
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Noted 1970s San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen laid aside his sarcastic pen to write this children's book about his beloved San Francisco. Tired of traveling the same route, a San Francisco cable car takes a diffent turn and ends up with a dragon in the Chinatown New Year's celebration. Plentifully illustrated in color.


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