The Great Dragon Rescue
PreSchool-Grade 2 - Splendid watercolor art illustrates this ho-hum story. George has an unusual friend, a dragon, whom he aided inThe Egg(Putnam, 2001). In this episode, he is inside a chicken coop collecting eggs when the dragon appears, lifts up the structure in its claws, and flies with it to a faraway land. They stop in a dark forest near a cottage, where a witch is holding a small dragon prisoner. The crone catches the bespectacled lad as he tries to free the captive, and quick thinking on his part leads to a flying race between witch and serpent. When the dragon wins and the witch's spell backfires, the tiny creature is set free. There's not much substance to the tepid tale and certainly not enough detail to warrant repeated readings. With colorful, well-imagined artwork, this book is nice to look at, but that's about it.- Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WICopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.