Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Sail Away Dragon by Barbara Joosse - OPTIONAL

Joosse, Barbara  Sail Away Dragon  Illustrated by Randy Cecil  PICTURE BOOK  Candlewick Press, 2017.  $15.99  Content: G.  

A girl and her pet dragon want to find the far-est Far Away that they can.  They go on an adventure for a year and a day and finally find a small island that conveniently has a brown sign that says “Far-est Far Away”.  They rest and then both decide they want to go home.  They travel for another year and a day and get home where they enjoy the comfort of their own beds.  

This wasn’t my favorite book.  The text is disjointed and hard to read.  It’s supposed to be poetic and I’m not sure what the moral of the story is-I guess that they are good friends (which they were before the adventure started).  The illustrations are dark and blurry.  I would pass on this book.  

EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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