Dear Dragon Goes to the Market (Dear Dragon: Beginning-to-Read Book)
A boy, his mother, and his pet dragon visit an outdoor market, where they look over the fresh produce and fill his wagon with green beans, red tomatoes, orange carrots, and yellow corn as well as multicolored apples and flowers. An appended section provides a word list and several playful activities that parents could use to help their children in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, word recognition, reading fluency, and text comprehension. The only unusual element in this rather bland story is the dragon, which serves as a companion for the boy but attracts no more attention than a silent, invisible dog. Still, there’s no arguing with the longevity of the series, which began with Happy Birthday, Dear Dragon (1977). Like its predecessors and Dear Dragon Goes to the Firehouse (2010), another new addition to the series, this book will help fill the need for stories told in simple words. Preschool-Grade 1. --Carolyn Phelan--This text refers to theLibrary Bindingedition.