Tuesday, August 28, 2018

The Dragonling: A Dragon in the Family by Jackie French Koller - OPTIONAL


The Dragonling: A Dragon in the Family (Dragonling, #2) by Jackie French Koller, 71 pages.  CHAPTER BOOK Aladdin, 1993.  $17.  9781534400658  

BUYING ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW  

The village Darek lives in is having a hard time adjusting to Darek’s dragon, Zantor.  Although Darek is trying to show the village that dragons don’t mean them harm, the village council isn’t on board and the kids Darek’s age have started to tease him and Zantor.  When some of the boys make an untrue claim about Zantor attacking them, Darek’s father is brought before the council and has to answer for his son and Zantor.  

Again, the cover doesn’t properly represent the book because the cover looks cartoon-ish and the book is more serious.  As much as I think kids will pick these books up for their covers, I don’t think they will keep reading once they see the bland inside illustrations.  This story was good, but the ending was abrupt and not satisfying.  After reading the first book with my son, he wasn’t interested in reading any more about Darek and Zantor.  

C. Peterson   

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