The Dancing Pancake

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spinelli, Eileen.
The Dancing Pancake / Eileen Spinelli; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff.
—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Belinda “Bindi” Winkler and her family find their way through tough times with the love and support of the community that grows around their newly opened restaurant, “The Dancing Pancake.”
eISBN: 978-0-375-89713-9
[1. Novels in verse. 2. Family life—Fiction. 3. Restaurants—Fiction. 4. Change—Fiction.] I. Lew-Vriethoff, Joanne, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.5.S68Dan 2010
[Fic]—dc22
2009022645

The illustrations in this book were created using pen and ink, then Adobe Photoshop.

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