Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon

Dominique Book Review, Parenting and Kids kids book

Book Cover

Dragonbreath #1 by Ursula Vernon is the first book in the series of books about Danny Dragonbreath, a young dragon that doesn’t breathe fire who is only mythical creature in a school filled with reptiles and amphibians.

Danny is a dragon with an attitude and doesn’t really like to do his homework. He would leave his work to the very last minute and hope that his breast friend Wendell would be his lifesaver and help him pass the assignment on ocean creatures. However this time around Wendell was doing an article on Bats and could not really help him in his assignment. In the end he received an F on the assignment as he wrote about a non-existent creature called the Snorkelbat. Danny had to redo his assignment if he wanted a passing grade on it.

Determined not to accept the fail grade, Danny seeks help from his cousin Edward the Sea serpent to find out all that he needs about the ocean. He pulls Wendell along on a crazy adventure underwater and they had a whale of a time gathering information for the science project.

My thoughts

Doggie boy and I loved reading the book together. The book is a chapter book which has snippets of comics within it. It is a half -chapter, half -graphic book which makes reading easier and more interesting for young readers. We will certainly be looking for more books in this series the next time we go to the library.

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February 5, 2014

Curious Critters Volume Two

Dominique Book Review, Parenting and Kids Curious Critters, kids book

Book Cover

Curious Critters Volume Two is the 2nd book by David FitzSimmons that we have read. Back then in 2011 when he launched Curious Critters Volume One I was already blown away by his astonishing photography. In Volume Two he introduces other fascinating creatures which one may not normally pay attention to.

Monarch Butterfly and Indigo Bunting

I love the vibrant colors of the animals and insects which he captured. Besides the visually stunning images each featured critter tells it’s story in various fascinating ways. The vivid description coupled with the imagery makes the reader feel that the Monarch Butterfly or Indigo Bunting is just beside him as he reads through the pages.

The Indigo Bunting

I love to sit atop fence posts, bushes, and trees . . . and sing!
Sweet! Sweet! Chew! Chew! Where? Where?
Other songbirds complain because I repeat myself, but I enjoy saying things
twice, sometimes in very long songs.
Sweet! Sweet! Chew! Chew! Where? Where? Here! Here! Sweeter! Sweeter!
Chew! Chew! What! What! Sweet! Sweet!
Other males in our song neighborhood sound the same, but, if you move to a
nearby song neighborhood, you will hear different calls:
Chew! Chew! Sweeter! Sweeter! Chew! Chew! Here! Here! Sweet! Sweet!
Sweeter! Sweeter! What! What! Sweeter! Sweeter! Chew! Chew!
In flight I call to my mate or other birds with a buzzing
Zeeep! Zeeep! Zeeep! Zeeep! Zeeep! Zeeep!
And when I’m bothered, I say.

The featured Critters

If you find it difficult to portray the sounds of the critters you can opt for the audiobook version and listen along while reading he book.

My thoughts

The kids and I really enjoyed ourselves reading this book. We learned a lot of new information about the various critters which are not common to this part of Asia. It was interesting to read about the different types of insects/ animals that can be found in the backyard on the other side of the world.

You can purchase the book from the Curious Critters website or from Irish Publishing.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own. This post has a compensation level of 3. Please visit Dominique’s Disclosure page for more information.