Jim Averbeck
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Simon and Schuster, 2012, 978-1-4169-9545-6
Little dragon is lucky because he has a “spark in his
heart” that allows him to make fire. He loves being able to send fire swooshing
out of his mouth into the air, and his mother happily tells her little son that
she loves his flame.
Of course, if
you go around making fire, you have a tendency to become sooty. Little Dragon’s
mother tells him to have a bath, and when he says that he hates baths, she
tells him that he can play with his wooden boat in the tub.
In the tub Little
Dragon sends a fantastic flame across the water and sets the boat on fire.
Then, he decides to be “Little Dragon Fire Department” and he does a cannonball
to put out the fire he made. He laughs with delight and, not surprisingly,
swallows some water, which puts out Little Dragon’s spark. He is sparkless and
therefore flameless. Somehow he has to get his spark back!
This delightful
picture book will make children laugh out loud. Who can resist a little dragon who
likes to set fire to things. Children will be especially amused when they see
what the little dragon does to try to get his spark back.
With wonderfully
minimal but expressive illustrations and a funny story, Jim Averbeck gives
readers a picture book that they will enjoy reading and looking at again and
again.
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