Dragon Night
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A boy and his dragon embark on a dazzling nighttime journey in this heartwarming friendship story about facing fears and helping others.
Georgie is afraid of the night. It's too dark with the lights off. Too quiet with everyone asleep. And being alone makes everything worse. The dragon is afraid of the knight. After all, the knight carries a heavy sword, and he always wants to fight. The dragon knows just what to do to help Georgie overcome his fear, and the two set off on a unforgettable magical adventure. But when the morning comes, the dragon is still afraid of the knight. How can Georgie help his friend? With kindness and empathy--and a little creativity--maybe Georgie can work some magic of his own.
J. R. Krause, an award-winning animator of The Simpsons and Futurama, has created a visually stunning story with incredible emotional depth, which addresses the needs of children to express their feelings and be received with kindness and empathy.
A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year
"Cozy. Well-crafted bedtime reading." --Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Animator Krause creates a vintage look through dramatic, woodcutlike spreads tinted with fiery orange and midnight blue. "Georgie is afraid of the night," the book begins, showing the boy in bed; "It's too dark with the lights off." As Georgie's room decor reveals, he's way into dragons, and in a burst of glowing light, one leaps forth from the child's copy of St. George and the Dragon. The dragon is afraid, too not of the night, but of the knight. "He always wants to fight," it tells Georgie. So the two run away and share a glorious nighttime flight. Georgie's a fan of the Knights, a baseball team, and when the two spot its mascot at a nighttime game that's underway, the dragon realizes that their homophonic fears differ. Despite its greater size and strength, the dragon needs just as much comforting as the boy does, and they support one another as equals. The knight/night pun clanks a bit, depending for its effect on a sports mascot and a factory logo, but flying journeys and creatures in need of solace offer a promising strategy for bedtime reluctance of all sorts. Ages 3 7.
