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Laggan Lard Butts (Orca Currents)

Eric Walters

Orca Book Publishers

PO Box 468, Custer, WA 98240-0468

ISBN 9781551435183, $8.95, 2006, www.orcabook.com

What is a laird? Laggan schools have a laird as their mascot. None of the students at the school even know what a laird is. They don't know why the laird was picked as the mascot. They would like to be known as something else. But the question is: what should their mascot be?

What becomes a question about a school mascot becomes a lesson in democracy. Several names are chosen such as dragons, leopards, and ...

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