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In the world of
DragonLance, my favorite character is a Kender named Tasslehoff "Tas"
Burrfoot. Although Tas did not write this book, another Kender did. What
is a Kender you might ask? A Kender is a small humanoid that look a bit
like an Elf with pointed ears (don't tell an Elf that I said that), is
very excitable, easily distracted, very brave, always wears their hair
in a topknot, dresses colorfully, and has a tendency to "borrow" items
they see. I have read about Sindri Suncatcher in the in the DragonLance: The New Adventures
books, and although he isn't as entertaining as Tas, I like him very
much.
During Sindri's
adventures while under the tutelage of the wizard Maddoc, he compiled a
massive amount of information about dragons. In his previous book,
A
Practical Guide to Dragons, Sindri wrote about the ten different
types of dragons that walk and fly in the world of DragonLance. There
are five types of Chromatic Dragons and five types of Metallic Dragons.
The Chromatic Dragons are evil while the Metallic Dragons are good. In
his newest book, Sindri focuses on how a person would go about hatching
a dragon egg, bonding with the wrymling, raising the wyrmling to
adulthood, and finally training the dragon to take on a rider. Sindri
also discusses different creatures that are related to dragon in the
Dragonkind chapter.
I am happy to report
after reading both of Sindri Suncatcher's books that I am now extremely
knowledgeable about dragons and am ready to become a dragon rider. I
know what I need to do to find a dragon egg, what I have to do to hatch
the egg, what I have to feed the wyrmling, what materials I need to
build a saddle, what gear I need to wear, and how to train the dragon
for a rider. I am totally ready to go. Now, if only I could find a
Silver Dragon egg . . .
Since Sindri Suncatcher
is a character in the DragonLance world, the actual writing for this
book was done by Lisa Trutkoff Trumbauer. She did an terrific job of
researching and gathering all of this information and writing it so it can be easily
understood. The cover and interior art, by sixteen different artists, is
wonderful. This book is absolutely beautiful.
Overall, A Practical Guide to Dragon
Riding
is an marvelous book full of very interesting facts about dragons and
dragonkind. Young readers will spend hours and hours pouring over the
information and images in this book, which will help them better understand the
dragons and creatures in the Dragon Codex series.
I rated this book a 9 out of 10. |
