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Mora, Pat.
DONA FLOR : A TALL TALE ABOUT A GIANT WOMAN WITH A GREAT BIG HEART
New York : Knopf, 2005.
IL K-3, RL 1.4
ISBN 0375923373
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Pat Mora has created a new tall tale for us to enjoy.  Meet Dona Flor.  Dona Flor is rather large but her neighbors love and respect her.  She loves baking for them and helping them when they are in need.  And now there is a large roaring every night and all the villagers are frightened to come out because of the large beast.  But try as she might, Dona Flor can't seem to find it.  Where could it be?
SUBJECTS:     Giants -- Fiction.
                        Puma -- Fiction.
                        Villages -- Fiction.
                        Tall tales.

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