When Danny’s mother suggests he talk to his sea serpent cousin Edward to help with his paper, a gung-ho Danny drags the unadventurous Wendell along for a tour of the deep sea that provides more material than the dragon can imagine. His punishment? Completely rewrite the paper. Not a go-getter in terms of his schoolwork, Danny turns in a made-up science paper about the ocean and receives an F and the dreaded “See me” note from his teacher. Danny has yet to breath fire, and along with his nerdy friend Wendell, is picked on by classmates. While I wish it delivered more humor and storyline direction, this school story/fantasy will have some appeal for young readers.ĭanny Dragonbreath is the lone dragon in a school filled with amphibians and reptiles. Dragonbreath, by Ursula Vernon ( Nurk) falls into this category. My Unwilling Witch, Frankie Pickle, Prince of Underwhere, Max Disaster, and (of course) the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series have all combined words and images in ways that have left catalogers in fits (Which shelf does this go on!?). You can’t go very far in a library or bookstore these days without coming across some new-fangled marriage between these two mediums. It seems like lately, illustration has been making all sorts of inroads into what was once text-only territory.
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