How to Catch a Dragon

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In an imaginative ruse that’s maintained through the whole book, a young astronaut prepares for his mission to Planet Kindergarten.

I enjoyed this more than How To Catch A Dinosaur but I wish there had been extra information about the cultural items and traditions mentioned in the poem, such as 'Fai Chun'. Join Albie on a knightly quest in this fantastic follow up to Welcome to Alien School and How to Grow a Dinosaur. How to Catch a Dragon opens with a boy, his mother, and his grandmother preparing for Chinese New Year. I wasn’t super impressed by that at first, but then I saw in the back that the text is again provided in English, Pinyin, and Mandarin (I think…it could be Cantonese) side by side, and I’m suspecting that to make the side-by-side translation work they had to occasionally sacrifice some rhythm. I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.With bonus educational content and Mandarin translations in the back to enhance your reading experience, How to Catch a Dragon is the perfect dragon book for kids ages 3-8! All of Adam Wallace's "How to Catch" series are beautifully illustrated and cover ideas of creative thinking and inventive thought-process. Set in China during the Spring Festival, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, the wily dragon will have to avoid trap after trap as the kids run through paper lanterns, red lunar envelopes, fireworks, and more! There's inconsistency in the character naming (Sir Cuthbert Clinkety-Clank is alternately referred to as Sir Cuthbert or Sir Clinkety-Clank with no apparent logic behind the choice, which could be confusing for younger readers), and, most frustratingly of all for parents whose children are beginning to learn to read and spell, one character speaks (and is written with) colloquial dialect.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). How to Catch a Dragon is everything you love about the How to Catch series, now appealing to a wider audience! 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.

I really don't know how to feel about How to Catch a Dragon by Adam Wallace and illustrated by Andy Elkerton.

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series--do you have what it takes to snag a dragon? I was a bit confused with the Mandarin characters that were randomly given because there weren't any explanations or even ways to pronounce them. I don't think a kid is really going to mind that either, but I will admit that I do think it takes a little bit away from the overall song-feel of the tale, which I believe was the purpose of rhyming in the first place.

My favorite parts were when the kids threw money around and when the dragon looked around the building with a mischievous look.

This eleventh book in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series contains both English and Chinese text. Set in China during the Spring Festival, the wily dragon will have to avoid trap after trap as the kids run through paper lanterns, fireworks, the Nian lion puppet, and more!Set during the Chinese Lunar New Year Festival, a boy and his friends try to catch a Dragon for Good luck, amidst the celebration. Salmieri’s artwork is fitting, with a crabbed, ethereal line work reminiscent of Peter Sís, but the story does not offer it enough range. If you know a little one who is looking for a bilingual tale or is bored of the same old Chinese New Year tales, give this one a shot. Age range 3 to 9 New in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series - do you have what it takes to snag a dragon? I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time.