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The Cable Car and the Dragon
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The Cable Car and the Dragon Hardcover - 1986

by Herb Caen; Barbara Ninde Byfield (Illustrator)


From the publisher

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 years, and he finds himself in the middle of the parade. There he meets a friendly dragon named Chu Chin Chow, who is bored with his job. Charlie treats Chu to a cable car ride that looks as if it will end in a disastrous plunge into the San Francisco Bay--unless a miracle occurs.

Details

  • Title The Cable Car and the Dragon
  • Author Herb Caen; Barbara Ninde Byfield (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chronicle Books, San Francisco
  • Date 1986
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780877013907 / 087701390X
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.71 x 9.29 x 0.38 in (19.58 x 23.60 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Library of Congress subjects San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction, Cable cars (Streetcars) - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 85032004
  • Dewey Decimal Code E