Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teacher’s Choice award from Learning magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Suitable for reluctant readers. Each book in this series starts
with the words: 'A new Age of dragons is about to begin. The
powerful creatures will return to rule the world once more, but
this time it will be different. This time, they will have allies
who will help them. Around the world some young humans are making a
strange discovery. They are learning that they were born with
dragon blood - blood that gives them amazing powers.' Another set
of books in the Dragonblood series, this time illustrated by
Federico Piatti, will be welcomed by children who want a quick but
compelling read. Each book has a small amount of print on the page,
with an interesting type face that leads the eye onto words further
on the page. The main characters are older adolescents and adults,
so older reluctant or less able readers will not feel that they are
reading books designed for young children. The stories are
interesting and can be read very quickly by the more proficient
reader, so will be useful on a spinner of 'Quick reads' in the
library or in the classroom. Each book has different facts about
the theme of the story, eg The Missing Fang looks at fangs through
history, and there are discussion questions and writing prompts.
–Pat Pledger Read Plus 10/29/2010
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