Liam and the Lizard - Nash, Peta-Gaye
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Liam is born in Canada but his parents are Jamaican. He goes on vacation to Jamaica and discovers lizards. He wants a lizard for a pet but to his surprise, his family members are reluctant to catch one for him. They are either too busy or too afraid. Finally, his great-grandmother catches a small lizard for Liam and Liam decides to take it back to Canada. He names it Little Dinosaur, puts it in his pocket and boards the plane. The plane is crowded so Liam is sitting beside a woman who appears sad. He wants to cheer her up so he shows her his friend. She screams and knocks the matchbox holding…mehr

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Liam is born in Canada but his parents are Jamaican. He goes on vacation to Jamaica and discovers lizards. He wants a lizard for a pet but to his surprise, his family members are reluctant to catch one for him. They are either too busy or too afraid. Finally, his great-grandmother catches a small lizard for Liam and Liam decides to take it back to Canada. He names it Little Dinosaur, puts it in his pocket and boards the plane. The plane is crowded so Liam is sitting beside a woman who appears sad. He wants to cheer her up so he shows her his friend. She screams and knocks the matchbox holding Little Dinosaur over. Little Dinosaur lands on a woman's head. Someone wants to call 911. A man jumps into a stranger's lap. People are terrfied of a tiny lizard and the plane is in commotion. Liam's parents explain that Little Dinosaur doesn't belong in Canada where it's cold in the winter. He needs lots of sunshine all the time and other lizards to play with. Liam is in tears. He has lost his friend. The pilot comes out the cockpit to see what all the fuss is about. He explains that lizards are cold-blooded and he promises to take Little Dinosaur back to Jamaica. The pilot keeps his promise. Back in Canada, Liam gets a pet.
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Peta-Gaye Nash is an adult and children's author. She was born in 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica and has also lived in the United States, Norway and Canada. She studied Labour Relations at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and has made Canada home for the past twenty years. Peta-Gaye wrote her first children's story in 2003 but she put it at the back of her closet because the story didn't have a happy ending. Six years later, Peta-Gaye's story got its happy ending and her first children's book, Don't Take Raja to School, was published. She has six children's books published and in 2015, she won the Marty Awards for Emerging Literary Art. In 2013, she got an honorable mention for the same award. Peta-Gaye teaches English as a Second Language during the day and writes at night. She lives in Mississauga, Ontario with her husband and four children.