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Waking the Rainbow Dragon by Tracey West
4.0
Please note that this review is written for my use as a librarian and may not appeal directly to readers. Please review at your own risk.
Accelerated Reader has this book listed as being for lower grades, or readers in Kindergarten to 3rd grade. They also have listed that this read is worth 1 AR point.
I enjoyed this one. I like that they are incorporating characters that come from different parts of the world that parallel different parts of our own world. Obi seems to be from what for us would be an African nation. It’s really cool to see the different ways of life that the kids have from each area and how they all immediately get along.
Caution Notes*:
Spiders *shiver*
Recommended for:
First and second graders who are into dragons, monsters, or fantasy creatures.
Summary:
-Do not read past this point if you would like to avoid spoilers-
Our hero Drake has a “dream” or visions from his dragon, Worm, to tell him that there is another dragon in trouble. She is a rainbow dragon and she is the bringer of rains in the realm of Ifri. However she has been trapped and she is unable to bring rains. Because of this, the land of Ifri is drying out and the people will soon be out of food. So Drake and Ana head to Ifri to find a new dragon master and to save the rainbow dragon. Thanks to a magical map and some friendly elephants, they find the village and the new dragon master, Obi. With his help and Worms, they find the cave that the rainbow dragon lives in. She has been captured by a giant, magical spider. After a few false starts, Obi and the rainbow dragon work together to overcome the Spider and his webs. They bring rain back to the land of Ifri, but they stay behind when the dragon masters return home. As soon as Drake and Ana get back, they witness an attack of sorts from Diego, the friendly wizard to appears to be controlled by the dark wizard Maldred.
*Caution notes are not to say, don’t read the book. I only include these so that those individuals who have particular themes they do not like to read about or are not ready for their kids to read about are aware. I do not support censoring. :)
Accelerated Reader has this book listed as being for lower grades, or readers in Kindergarten to 3rd grade. They also have listed that this read is worth 1 AR point.
I enjoyed this one. I like that they are incorporating characters that come from different parts of the world that parallel different parts of our own world. Obi seems to be from what for us would be an African nation. It’s really cool to see the different ways of life that the kids have from each area and how they all immediately get along.
Caution Notes*:
Spiders *shiver*
Recommended for:
First and second graders who are into dragons, monsters, or fantasy creatures.
Summary:
-Do not read past this point if you would like to avoid spoilers-
Our hero Drake has a “dream” or visions from his dragon, Worm, to tell him that there is another dragon in trouble. She is a rainbow dragon and she is the bringer of rains in the realm of Ifri. However she has been trapped and she is unable to bring rains. Because of this, the land of Ifri is drying out and the people will soon be out of food. So Drake and Ana head to Ifri to find a new dragon master and to save the rainbow dragon. Thanks to a magical map and some friendly elephants, they find the village and the new dragon master, Obi. With his help and Worms, they find the cave that the rainbow dragon lives in. She has been captured by a giant, magical spider. After a few false starts, Obi and the rainbow dragon work together to overcome the Spider and his webs. They bring rain back to the land of Ifri, but they stay behind when the dragon masters return home. As soon as Drake and Ana get back, they witness an attack of sorts from Diego, the friendly wizard to appears to be controlled by the dark wizard Maldred.
*Caution notes are not to say, don’t read the book. I only include these so that those individuals who have particular themes they do not like to read about or are not ready for their kids to read about are aware. I do not support censoring. :)