Written by: Gail Gibbons
First line: A long time ago, people began telling stories
about happening in their world that they couldn’t understand.
Why you should read this book: Illustrated with accessible
and wonderful pen and watercolor examples, this is a nonfiction book for the
youngest readers, explaining what dragons are, and what they are not. The
author begins with the primitive mind and its desire to explain the
complexities of the natural world with a details mythology that helps to order
that world. An overview of world mythology as it pertains to dragon stories
helps children understand the dragon’s place in the human psyche, while a small
appendix at the end mentions dragons a little more firmly rooted in reality,
such as flying dragon fossils and Komodo dragons.
Why you shouldn’t read this book: Who doesn't want to read a book about dragons?
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