By Ruth Stiles Gannett
This week is our big kindergartner's spring break so I thought it would be perfect to share this week's book. The book was My father's dragon and I had completely forgotten all about this book until I saw it in my nephew's bedroom a month or so ago. I can't remember what grade this was read to me in elementary school but I remember talking about it at the Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlor in the village with my best friends. I loved when our teacher would read a chapter a day to the class. It would be my favorite part of the day sometimes.
Funny enough, in the beginning of my son’s school year, story time would be the only time during the day that our son would engage with his teacher. She would have his undying attention, when every other part of the day he wouldn't want to do what the other kids were doing, or would find it boring. Our son seems to being doing better now in school, but it has been not a great year with his teacher being not what you would like for a kindergarten teacher.
Back to the book, which is actually three different books but are one story. It's the story of the main character’s father telling him a bedtime story about the time he met and saved a dragon. The father meets all these different animals and helps them in different ways. It's just adorable and if you didn't read it as a child, read it to children and they will like it. I know both our kids would climb into my husband's lap and to look at the pictures and hear all about the dragons. I would definitely recommend the book.
Sorry this is short but two kiddos want to fight over who can play with the bat cave, Batman or the Dinotrucks.
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