The Library Dragon is one burning book. An elementary hires a new librarian who really fires up the rest of the faculty. She has green, purple and gold scales; she breathes fire; and she incinerates any books she deems cruel to dragons.
The worst part of the new librarian’s reign is that she is too good a guard of the books. She posts signs telling students not to even think about touching, let alone reading, any of her precious books. The students’ spirits and grades die down like a doused campfire—until one brave yet unwitting student changes all of that.
There is so much to love about this book:
- All of the fire words: make a game of reading by counting them!
- The passion each teacher shows for books and (by the end) students!
- The fantastic illustrations!
For little ones going to school for the first time, The Library Dragon is a great book to introduce them to the idea of the library at school, leading to a conversation about treating books with respect so others can enjoy them.
It’s also a great book for opening a conversation about your child’s teacher. Is their teacher more like Ms. Lemon or more like the Library Dragon? Why do they think that is?
We love the Library Dragon and will I’m sure enjoy many more readings before Max starts school! Which of your children will love this book the most?
The Library Dragon deserves 5 snacks:
Snacks for Max 
As a retired children’s librarian, this would be a must if I were doing a storytime!! Sounds like a fun book with lots of room for learning! Glad I wasn’t like this librarian though! I wanted my kids to check those books out!!
Haha Linda, I’m sure you could sympathize with the Library Dragon at least a little!! Thanks for visiting 🙂
Lovely idea. I would love to read this to the new first graders as well I havent read this one yet. Looking forward to it. Thanks for sharing!
-Reshama @StackingBooks.com
Thanks for visiting! 🙂
I haven’t read it before so I looked it up and the library has it so we are going there this morning to get it!! Thanks for the good idea. My son goes back to school next week so it might be which one do you want your teacher to be more like 🙂 Thanks for the great review.
Awesome! Be sure to let me know how you like it 🙂 Tweet me a picture of your son with the book and I’ll add it to the review!! 🙂 Just mention @snacksformax or @jaymielynnie.
Couldn’t help but chuckle. There must have been something in the ether this week…the two picture books I reviewed this week were both…wait for it…about DRAGONS! Maybe I should take it as a sign from the universe and finally break down and watch “The Hobbit”? Or maybe I can just be appreciative there are so many wonderful bloggers out there spotlighting great books for children and families. As always a pleasure! See you around the hops!
love the sound of this one, very unique. Thanks again for hosting the Kid Lit Blog Hop
Thanks for visiting, Julie!
This looks so fun. We love a great picture book. Stopping by via Booknificants linky – I haven’t made it around the kid lit blog hop yet but I guess I’ll see you there, too! 🙂
Have a great weekend!
~Cool Mom/christine m.
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I’m slow on both of them! Thanks for visiting 🙂
This made me giggle. I once knew a librarian that we called The Book Nazi. You have to love librarians who are passionate about taking good care of the books in the library.
Haha I agree!
I hope our school library gets this book. Looks like a lot of fun.
It absolutely is 🙂
This sounds so great – I can just imagine teachers and librarians reading this one to their students! Thanks for sharing it in the Kid Lit Blog Hop. I’m pinning this one to my Kid Lit Blog Hop Great Finds. 🙂
Awesome, thanks Renee!
This sounds like a fun book. I will have to see if my local library has it. Thanks!
I hope they do! 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
We’re big fans of both libraries and dragons at my house – this sounds just perfect! Thanks for sharing it!
🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
What a great concept! Especially going into the new school year. This would be a perfect book for library story time!
Oh yes. Librarian needs to wear a certain costume though lol
What a fun story concept! Looks like a real winner! Thanks for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday!
Tina
Yep, it’s on fire 😉