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Sail, Away Dragon
Sail, Away Dragon
Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: March 14, 2018
Review
This is the third story about a little girl and her forevermore friend dragon. With a nod towards earlier classic fantasy writers including Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat", this new pair sails away "for a year and a day" in search for the far-est Far Away. The soothing poetic, repetitive text is just right for bedtime. Shades of grays, greens, and blues pull the listener into the fantasy world complete with both Bad Hats Viking warriors, an owl strumming tunes to the man in the moon, and goodie gumdrops. Without a princess dressed in pink or a scary looking dragon, this book may need an adult to read it aloud before the young listeners realize that they will want to hear this adventure about two best friends again and again.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Joosse, Barbara
Illustrator: Cecil, Randy
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: fantasy
Audience: preschool,grades k-3
Binding Type: reinforced trade binding
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780763673130
Price: 15.99