Review of When You Meet a Dragon

by Shoshana Flax
Jun 28, 2024 | Filed in Book Reviews

When You Meet a Dragon
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi; illus. by Udayana Lugo
Primary    Orca    32 pp.
4/24    9781459838642    $21.95

An encounter with a dragon serves as a thoughtful metaphor for the need to ask for help when something is wrong. Not-too-scary illustrations use varied perspectives.

From the ">January 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Shoshana Flax
Shoshana Flax

Shoshana Flax, associate editor of The Horn Book Magazine, is a former bookseller and holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons University. She has served on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and Sydney Taylor Book Award committees.

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