Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham
Picture Book: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham
Tuck your reluctant sleepers into bed with this book. They will empathize with Ellie-May who is too excited to go to sleep. The straight forward story of a toy dragon taking his friend on a magical adventure will help new readers navigate the book on their own. The higher word count and more complicated vocabulary makes this a transitions read for new independent readers between the classic simplicity of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and the more complex work of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan.
The bright candy colored palette of the graphics will stand on their own under a blanket with a flashlight. Who knows, maybe the even the rhyming couplets will finally lull your reluctant sleeper into dream land with friendly dragons.
Our thanks to Rachel Gilbey of Rachel’s Random Resources Blog Tours for our copy of Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, provided so we could participate in this blog tour. The opinions here are solely those of Scintilla and our favorite reading consult in first grade who read the book before bedtime the last time grandma was babysitting (however, please note that our consultant favors unicorns over dragons). For other perspectives on this book, check out the other bloggers on this tour.
Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham