Candlewick Press -- tpb
Cambridge, MA -- ©1998 -- 160pp
ISBN: 0-7636-1661-3
Three children meet a three-headed dragon on their aunt's remote island, off the coast of Maine.
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I really wanted to like this book. It had the look and intrigue of a magical book of adventure. Instead, I found it to be sorely lacking.
One would expect that a children's book with a dragon would have a high level of adventure, but this is not the case. Instead, the three children discover the dragon in a cave, but each time the children visit, only one of the three heads is awake. That head tells a story of its past. Therefore, the only actual adventure is TOLD to the reader, through the dragon, rather than experienced by the children in the book.
The book is simple in scope and "quiet," but it lacks for story and adventure.
Sadly, a book to ignore.
1 comment:
I'm not a book reader but would like to give a good book to a good friend and not sure of my friend's taste in books.
Is there any book you would recommend? Would luv to hear from you since you seems to read so many books, hehe!
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