Bellingham author helps bring book to life for Happy Valley students

As a dragon emerged from the blue waves before them, a group of Happy Valley third-graders broke into a measured scream.
The students weren't at risk of losing life or limb. The sea was in a classroom, and the dragon was a puppet, but it didn't make it any less fun for the children to scream along.
The third-graders provided sound effects and sang as students from Western Washington University acted out scenes from the book "Tofu Ling Sets Sail." The WWU students are elementary education majors in professor Gaye Green's arts methodology course, and the performance is part of the art education department's Bringing Books to Life program.