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How to Pick Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
By Erica David

Simon Spotlight
January 20, 2015 / ISBN 9781481428057
Kids Fiction / Fantasy / Beginner Reading / 2nd Grade / Ready-to-Read Series

Reviewed by Bob Walch

 

This Level Two reader will appeal to children who are fascinated by dragons and this series of books. It is time for Viking Chief Stoick to get his own dragon. He really wants his son's dragon, but Hiccup doesn't want to give up Toothless.

After checking out what is available at the Dragon Training Academy, Chief Stoick isn't sure he sees a dragon that fits his needs. Then he encounters Thunderdrum and the Viking chief realizes he has found the perfect match. It will take a while for the two to bond but when they do they'll be a formidable team.

An interesting storyline with longer sentences makes this a good reader for children whose reading skills are advancing. It will pull reluctant readers into the story too. The only downside is that some of the illustrations have very dark backgrounds and the characters get lost and are very hard to see clearly.

Reviewed 2015
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