Don Quixote and the windmills

Immersed in tales of knights and dragons and sorcerers and damsels in distress, Senor Quexada proclaims himself a knight and sets out on his first adventure against some nearby windmills that he thinks are giants.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kimmel, Eric A.
Other Authors: Fisher, Leonard Everett (Illustrator), Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:Immersed in tales of knights and dragons and sorcerers and damsels in distress, Senor Quexada proclaims himself a knight and sets out on his first adventure against some nearby windmills that he thinks are giants.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
ISBN:0374318255
Author Notes:Eric Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1946. He received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Lafayette College. He also has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Illinois.

He was an elementary school teacher and college professor before becoming a full-time writer. He has published over fifty titles, many of which have won state and national awards. His titles "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins" won the Caldecott Honor Medal, "The Chanukkah Guest" and "Gershon's Monster" won the Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award and "Anansi and the Talking Melon" won the Utah Children's Choice Award.

Kimmel travels nationally and internationally visiting schools and talking about his books and telling stories.

(Bowker Author Biography)