When I was very young, our family lived in Washington State.  My older sister bought me a series of books written and illustrated by Seattle based writer Stephen Cosgrove and illustrator Robin James. My favorite book is called, “The Muffin Muncher.” It’s an endearing tale about a dragon who moves under the drawbridge of a castle and begins to exploit the muffin-baking king out of all his baked goods.  The king and his villagers run out of supplies as the dragon eats up all of their hard work.  In the end, the dragon decides to help the villagers and king by bringing the fire power to the ovens in exchange…