Diane Mae Robinson
Författare till The Dragon Grammar Book: Grammar for Kids, Dragons, and the Whole Kingdom
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Verk av Diane Mae Robinson
The Forest Painter 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Vedertaget namn
- Robinson, Diane Mae
- Kön
- female
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Priser
Statistik
- Verk
- 6
- Medlemmar
- 81
- Popularitet
- #222,754
- Betyg
- 4.9
- Recensioner
- 12
- ISBN
- 16
She and her royal steed, the dragon Snarls, set off for Talent School and along the way meet Prince Duce Crablips who has made it his mission to stop her from reaching Talent School. When it is discovered that it is all misunderstanding, fun adventures ensue with the trio going to Talent school and then adventuring their way home again meeting new friends, taking on new challenges and finding out new secrets.
It is simply a delightful read. For starters the artwork on and in the book is simply gorgeous. The story illustrations are pencil sketches with remarkable detail. My son simply gushed about it. He falls asleep with a sketch book in his hands most nights, however in his sketches, that he has made since reading this and the next book, I can see major inspiration in his use of shading and line details from the art in the book. It takes a lot to impress my young man when comes to art. I have to agree with him in this case. Petra and her friends come alive through the artwork.
Smiles abound in this infectious tale where the food of choice for most of the characters seems to be onions as a hand fruit, cooked in many different ways or simply juiced into a cocktail. The names in this series are also quite wonderful. Places like the bogs of Mesoggie and The Kingdom of Lost Donkeys, where the donkeys do indeed seem to have disappeared and names Like Seymour Forest the ganute who does actually live in vast forest and Letgo the crocodile. I did also enjoy the themes of friendship, teamwork and belief in oneself that runs throughout the story.
The book opens with a quick synopsis of book 1 which is fabulous, because that was the one book I wasn’t able to get a copy of for this review. I think it is a wonderful tool for young readers whose comprehension skills are as yet undeveloped to help them back into a world they may read about sometime ago.
This is a fabulous story about who you are and not letting stereotypes define who you could be.
5 stars
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (mer)