![]() If they're fantasy lovers, of course.Ĭalen is in trouble. And with its equal opportunity boy and girl perspective, The Dragon of Trelian is the kind of book that's going to appeal to all kids, at all ages, at all times. ![]() Sometimes a kid just wants a good dragon book. Now I've read it, and I have to admit that it's a tasty treat. ![]() Big and scaly and more than a little green. ![]() I mean, if I was looking for dragons, there's one right there. It's funny that it took me so long to pick up The Dragon of Trelian though. And dragons? At most I'd say there are maybe five or six dragon-based chapter books out this year of varying quality. Boys who can melt people with their hands. ![]() These days fantasy keeps coming out, but it's strange. In the heyday of Harry Potter you couldn't spit over your left shoulder without hitting some new wizardy/magicish wonder romp of fun and frolic. You're going to laugh when you hear me say this, but I'm just going to come out and ask anyway: Where did all the fantasy go? I know that in this day and age of vampires, zombies, and zombie vampires (subgenre) that sounds weird, but when it comes to fantasy for the kids, not teens, it isn't like it used to be. ![]()
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