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    Damon the Caiman
    Damon the Caiman
    Damon the Caiman
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    Damon the Caiman

    By David Dvorkin

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    Damon is a lucky caiman. He's happy in his comfortable swamp, and his best friend is a human boy, Joey. But when the swamp is threatened with destruction, Joey and Damon must deal with the world outside the swamp and teach the grownups how important the swamp and Damon both are. A story in rhyming verse for children ages 6-10.

    Illustrated by Glenda Felbush.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Dvorkin
    Release dateMay 1, 2010
    ISBN9781452334271
    Damon the Caiman
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    David Dvorkin

    David Dvorkin was born in 1943 in England. His family moved to South Africa after World War Two and then to the United States when David was a teenager. After attending college in Indiana, he worked in Houston at NASA on the Apollo program and then in Denver as an aerospace engineer, software developer, and technical writer. He and his wife, Leonore, have lived in Denver since 1971.David has published a number of science fiction, horror, and mystery novels. He has also coauthored two science fiction novels with his son, Daniel. For details, as well as quite a bit of non-fiction reading material, please see David and Leonore’s Web site, http://www.dvorkin.com.

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      Damon the Caiman - David Dvorkin

      DAMON THE CAIMAN

      by

      David Dvorkin

      Illustrated by

      Glenda Felbush

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2010 by David Dvorkin

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Damon the caiman

      Lived in a swamp.

      His food he obtained

      With a lunge and a chomp.

      Nothing escaped

      From this terrible beast,

      From

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