How to Catch a Dragon

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My daughter loves these "How to Catch a…" books, but I find it rather annoying based on the titles that one never actually catches these creatures. What a cute little story of Chinese New Year traditions, with a fun twist of this group of kiddos setting traps to try to catch a dragon. I was a bit confused by all the nationalities of kids in town as it made it hard to figure out where this story was suppose to be taking place.

All of Adam Wallace's "How to Catch" series are beautifully illustrated and cover ideas of creative thinking and inventive thought-process. The boy overhears his mother saying that a dragon would bring health and fortune, so he sets out with a group of friends to capture a dragon.

I only know for sure because I asked someone but a simple heading or footnote stating that it is a 'Mandarin translation' would have been helpful.

I'm not understanding why this Chinese New Year seems to be set in the past, a pre-technology kind of feel surrounds the whole book, which wouldn't really be a problem if they book didn't include a whole bunch of characters of different diversities.On the one hand, I really wanted to enjoy the story, but on the other, it's just kind of missing the mark. A cool added tidbit is in the back of the book, all of the text is translated side by side in Chinese. Having devoured all four previous books, I was thrilled when I spotted How To Catch A Dragon and we settled down to read it together. When Albie visits the library to find a book about dragons, he certainly doesn’t expect to meet a real knight and his horse! With bright colors and textured details, this picture book will keep little listeners occupied with its busy illustrations.

Sure there are some different nationalities, but when you walk down a street in China, even in Hong Kong, it really is very Chinese, so to see the wide-variety of nationalities; it just seemed off for the story. My beautiful, precocious, literature loving daughter and I read this together and are reviewing it in 2 parts. And I get that perhaps not all children's books have to make sense, but there are certain things about this book that give me pause. There are two different ability worksheets; the LA matched the pictures and captions and the MA/HA wrote their own sentences underneath the pictures using time connectives.He spends his non-writing time thinking about writing and going to as many live music shows as he can. When she's not writing, Caryl can be found at her local gym, hiking in the hills of the Peak District with her dog, or drinking tea in a nearby cafe. There are How to Catch books and How to Draw books, including a BRAND NEW Draw Underwater Animals Book! The intrepid explorer’s crewmates are a motley assortment of “aliens”—among them are a kid in a hoodie with the laces pulled so tight that only a nose and mouth are visible; a plump kid with a bluish cast to his skin; and a pinkish girl with a toothpick-thin neck and huge bug eyes. Written in rhyming text with adorable digitally painted artwork, a group of young children are chasing down a dragon.