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Nickerbacher Kindle Edition

by Terry John Barto (Author), Kim Sponaugle (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
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Nickerbacher is a dragon and aspiring comedian who travels to La La Land to audition for The Late Knight Show. Hoping to prove to his father - and the world - that dragons can be funny. Nickerbacher befriends a prince and a princess who help him realize his dream while paving the way for equal rights of all citizens.
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  1. Reading age
    7 - 10 years
  2. Print length
    66 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    2 - 5
  5. Publication date
    8 December 2016
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  9. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N0OZQOD
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TJB KIDS (8 December 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6071 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 66 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Terry John Barto

Terry John Barto

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Terry John Barto is a director and choreographer of 200+ regional theater productions, industrials, television, and cruise ship shows throughout the United States and abroad.

As creative director for Wings of Dreams Productions, he honed diverse ideas into compelling family stories, wrote screenplays slated for animation short and feature films, and inspired a team of artists to develop dolls and action figures.

Terry lives in Los Angeles, California, and enjoys Pilates, Yoga, and hiking with his dachshunds, Hunter and Mazie.

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Lisa Marie Gleeson
5.0 out of 5 stars A charming and hilarious story with powerful life messages for people of all ages.
Reviewed in the United States on 4 May 2020
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Nickerbacher by Terry John Barto is delightful! My daughters, age 9 and 7, and I read Nickerbacher together. We especially loved the author’s twist on the usual fairytale narrative. The charming story also contains hilarious situations with powerful life messages for people of all ages as well as wonderful illustrations.

The story highlights the importance of accepting people for who they are and the necessity of Equal Rights. My children and I loved reading about the extraordinary friendship between the dragon, Nickerbacher, and Princess Gwendolyn. My daughters enjoyed that the princess was portrayed as a strong female who got things done.

Nickerbacher is a fun and positive story that everyone can enjoy. The story illustrates that as long as you work hard and are kind you can turn your dreams into reality. As my 9 year old daughter said, “Nickerbacher makes you believe anything is possible.”
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Gigi Sedlmayer, Book Excellence Award Finalist winning author of the Talon series
5.0 out of 5 stars This great and delightful story for children (Well
Reviewed in the United States on 9 June 2017
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This great and delightful story for children (Well, i am not a child and enjoyed the story tremendously) starts of as a regular fairy tale, with a princess, a prince and a dragon.
But it does not stop there.
The dragon Nickerbacher is different from all the other dragons. He does not like to scare and kill people, as dragons should be. He was the friend of the princess. To come closer to people, he wants to be a comedian, and for doing that, he with the princess and the prince journey to La La land.
His father is angry and does not understand his son's wish.
And what will happen in La La land?
I won't spoil it, find out how the dragon Nickerbacher is getting to know humans and humans are getting to know dragons.
The unknown is broken. They can live together.
The moral of the story: Don't be afraid of the unknown.
The solution: Just get to know each other.

The pictures between the words are great.

Highly recommend the book
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Coni
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun story that discards stereotypes and instills humor and inspiration
Reviewed in the United States on 9 February 2017
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This delightful story is fun and imaginative and fully discards stereotypes. The dragon takes his responsibilities to protect the princess seriously, while the independent Princess inspires Nickerbacher's journey to become a stand up comedian. The illustrations are wonderfully expressive and made me want to get my colored pencils out of the drawer to color some of them in. The author allows us to share Nickerbacher's journey and feel his optimism, nervousness and excitement. The awkwardness of the Prince and dismissiveness of the father dragon were easy to recognize and relate with, it was also reassuring to watch the father dragon's perspective evolve into respect and pride. There is humor and meaning for young and old alike to enjoy this sweet and empowering short story.
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Judy Fletcher
5.0 out of 5 stars Nickerbacher is an engaging story
Reviewed in the United States on 20 December 2016
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Nickerbacher is an engaging story with good humor that will make adults and children laugh together. Also, it could open a conversation about their dreams and what could hold them back…. like to avoid negative opinions of others.

I like that the princess has a strong role in this story. It’s effective how the author weaves the message of Equal Rights with the journey of a dragon. Also, the idea of friends being there for each other is important. The narrative moves along in a fun, bright manor. All the characters that we encounter in this book are delightful.
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majm
5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful story!
Reviewed in the United States on 27 June 2018
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The author takes you on a journey that is exhibited very well in the artwork. He also helps readers see that being different is what makes the world beautiful. Highly recommend.
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