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B6 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021 © 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 20 Columbia Veterinary Hospital 576 31st Street • Astoria 503-325-2250 Many students have read the books Dragons Love Tacos and Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel. Kindergarten students at Strobridge Elementary in Castro Valley, CA put together a whole lot of questions for the author Adam Rubin and they loved these books so much, they went on to read more of Adam’s books. Great Ocean Da Yang Seafoods LTD. COLUMBIA RIVER A: I get this question a lot and I think some students are under the impression that I actually physically produce the books in my apartment … I only write the words. BAR PILOTS I use Google docs (just like a lot of students I know). After I’m finished writing, Dan draws the pictures and then all the digital files are sent to a factory in China where they print out the copies of the books for people to buy. The front and back cover are hard because there are thick pieces of cardboard hidden under the paper. Providing safe passage since 1846 A: When I was a kid, my dad had a little statue on his desk that looked like a dragon eating a taco. It made me think of the phrase “Dragons Love Tacos” which stuck in my head until I was an adult and it sounded like a good title for a picture book. I have the statue on my writing desk now. A: I wrote Dragons Love Tacos at my kitchen table at night after work while I was working at an advertising agency in Chicago. I had a day job and wrote stories at night for the first seven years that I was an author. A: Dragons love tacos for the same reasons I love tacos. Tacos are delicious, nutritious, fun to make and easy to eat. There are endless varieties. They are the perfect food! Dragons are known to breathe fire. The smoke is a warning sign of the impending inferno. Kind of like a burp from Uncle Morris. I always liked writing stories, ever since I was a little kid. When you’re a kid, people tell you what to do all the time: what to eat, what to wear, when to go to bed … But when you write a story, you can do anything you want. You can stay up ’til 4:00 in the morning, you can eat a thousand pizzas, you can fly to the moon on a magical rhinoceros. That’s what I love about writing. Anything you can imagine, you can bring it to life in a story. 2158 Exchange St. | Suite 206 Astoria | 503-338-6230 1725 N. Roosevelt Drive Suite B | Seaside 503-738-3425 Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest Northwest West Inc. West Northwest West Inc. West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest Northwest West Inc. West Northwest West Inc. West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest Northwest West Inc. West Northwest West Inc. West Inc. Inc. Northwest West Inc. West Northwest West Inc. West Inc. Northwest Inc. Inc. 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