Monday, July 31, 2023

Ten Dragon Eggs by Lynda Graham-Barber, andJeffrey Ebbeler

Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book About Counting Down by Lynda Graham-Barber, illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler
. PICTURE BOOK Peachtree. 2023 $19. 9781682635261 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

A mother dragon is helping her eggs hatch by breathing fire on them. Each baby dragling is a little bit different. As they hatch, we learn how many have hatched and how many are left. 

First of all, Jeffrey Ebbler's illustrations are so fun. The baby dragons are cute and silly, and mother dragon's face as she runs out of fire is so funny. The story, however, AJ didn't love. She felt it was confusing. Instead of actually counting down, the story told how many were hatched and how many were left, so there were 2 things going on at once. We don't feel it's really a counting book. 

Lisa Librarian and AJ (age 7)

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