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Tell Me A Dragon (2009)

by Jackie Morris(Favorite Author)

4.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

184507534X (ISBN13: 9781845075347)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Frances Lincoln Children's Books

review 1: Dragons come in many forms, and are represented in most cultures across the globe. This title celebrates not only their variety, but the gentler side of these mythical creatures. Humans who interact with them tell us their point of view, they explain the wonder, and experience they have with their own personal dragon. One likes flowers, another is tiny with rainbow wings, while yet another is a sea-dragon. While their words only adequately portray the magic, the art does a much better job. Watercolours gracefully decorate these pages, ranging from subtle greens, to brilliant reds depending on the dragon and the region it lives in. The one let down is that proportions are not always accurate. Each dragon unfurls from the left page onto the right, while any humans are usuall... morey on the right. With no linear story, the author ends it by asking about "your dragon".
review 2: this book didn’t really have a plot, but was more of a celebration of imagination. the illustrations are very colourful and magical and i really enjoyed the overall concept of the book. each page has an illustration of a person and his or her dragon. one person’s dragon is very large, another’s is very small, another’s breathes fire, another ice, etc. the objective of the story was more to impress on a kid that it is ok to have an imagination and it’s also ok if that imagination is different from everyone else’s. ursula le guin wrote an article on something like ‘why are americans afraid of dragons’ and it was talking about how people are afraid to admit he or she plays with their imagination or has moments of make believe or are too embarrassed to admit to liking fantasy or make believe. for a kid, or even an adult, i think this is a nice little book to say just the opposite, that you should embrace your ‘dragon’ because it’s as unique as you are. less

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