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From master storyteller and artist Leo Lionni, here's the hope-filled tale of a little bird born without wings who is one day granted his dearest wish. A NOTE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS The fun continues after the story is finished! As part of the Dragonfly Difference, we've included two pages of activities inspired by this story. We hope you'll enjoy them with a child after reading this Dragonfly Book. Dragonfly's Feather Fun Tico is granted a shimmering pair of golden wings. You can make your own beautiful golden feather with just a few supplies. You'll need: -- some old newspapers -- yellow construction paper -- scissors -- glue -- gold glitter 1. Spread the newspapers over your work area. This could get messy! 2. Have an adult help you cut a long feather shape out of the yellow paper. 3. Carefully cut little slits all along the edges of your feather with an adult's help. 4. Have an adult help you pour a little glue onto your feather. Then carefully sprinkle gold glitter over the glue. Shake off the extra glitter onto the newspapers. 5. Hang your golden feather in a special place for everyone to see! Dragonfly's Helping Hand You may not have golden wings, but you can still help other people! You might: -- Clean your room without being asked. -- Draw a picture for someone who lives far away. -- Tell a story to a younger sibling or friend. -- Ask an adult to help you collect cans or newspapers for recycling. Dragonfly's Read and Remember 1. How do the birds treat Tico when he gets golden wings? Why? 2. Why does Tico give away his golden feathers? 3. How do the birds treat Tico after his wings turn black? 4. Why does Tico stillfeel different than his friends at the end of the story? 5. How are you different from your friends or family members? Dragonfly Dreams The wishingbird in this story gives Tico golden wings. Imagine that the wishingbird granted you one wish.

Sometimes the losses of childhood can be recovered only in the flight of the dragonfly. Native American children have long been subject to removal from their homes for placement in residential schools and, more recently, in foster or adoptive homes. The governments of both the United States and Canada, having reduced Native nations to the legal status of dependent children, historically have asserted a surrogate parentalism over Native children themselves. Children of the Dragonfly is the first anthology to document this struggle for cultural survival on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. Through autobiography and interviews, fiction and traditional tales, official transcripts and poetry, these voices -- Seneca, Cherokee, Mohawk, Navajo, and others -- weave powerful accounts of struggle and loss into a moving testimony to perseverance and survival. Invoking the dragonfly spirit of Zuni legend who helps children restore a way of life that has been taken from them, the anthology explores the breadth of the conflict about Native childhood. Included are works of contemporary authors Sherman Alexie, Joy Harjo, Luci Tapahonso, and others; classic writers Zitkala-Sa and E. Pauline Johnson; and contributions from twenty important new writers as well. They take readers from the boarding school movement of the 1870s to the Sixties Scoop in Canada and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in the United States. They also spotlight the tragic consequences of racist practices such as the suppression of Indian identity in government schools and the campaign against Indian childbearing through involuntary sterilization. The custody and upbringing of children is one of the most urgent issuesthat Native Americans have ever faced. Children of the Dragonfly shows that Native children -- as well as their families and descendants -- are both victims and victors in the crucial struggle for cultural and personal survival.

Spyro A Hero's Tail (video game) - After Spyro and his friends were an celebration of the dragonflies this adventure gets worst

Miles Libellula - The Miles Libellula (the name comes from the taxonomic name of dragonflies, the Libellulidae) were a pair of designs for tandem wing aircraft built by the Miles Aircraft Company.

Azure Hawker - The Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea) is one of the smaller species of hawker dragonflies, (family Aeshnidae). The flight period is from late May to August

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