Do Not Bring Your Dragon to Recess

Description

Dragons are more than just fire and wings. They have outside interests like slides and swings.But can en energetic dragon follow the rules and use proper manners when he's playing at school

The youngest in a family of nine children, Julie Gassman grew up in Howard, South Dakota. After college, she traded in small-town life for the world of magazine publishing in New York City. She now lives in southern Minnesota with her husband and their three children.

As if starting school weren't worry enough, new students need to fret about classmates who bring their oversized reptilian pets along. . . .brightly colored, Saturday morning-cartoonish illustrations. The racially diverse students and teachers include a child with glasses, one with an arm in a sling, and one in a wheelchair.-- "Kirkus Reviews" Following on the heels of Gassman's two other cautionary dragon books, this rhyming story explains why bringing a dragon to play at recess is a bad idea. . . .Elkerton's artwork is reminiscent of Mark Teague's dinosaurs and dragon--and savvy readers will notice dragons from different legendary traditions. . . .Purchase where stories about school and manners are needed, and where the first two dragon titles are popular.-- "School Library Journal"