Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon! by Melissa Marr, illustrated by Lena Podesta. PICTURE BOOK. Nancy Paulsen (Penguin), 2019. $18. 9780399175251
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A baby dragon and a young girl explore the world together.
The repetitious title and on each set of pages made me keep yearning for a rhyming book and each time it didn’t come I was jarred and disappointed. Every once in a while there is a slant rhyme that is jarring in a different direction. I tried it without the repeat to see if that helped and I tried silently and out loud and I just can’t find a way to make it feel right. The illustrations are charming – children will enjoy looking at it, for sure.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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