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I have read many
DragonLance books, both ones for adults and young readers. Yet, the
dragons in these books have always remained somewhat of a mystery to me.
Yes, I know about the dragonfear, and yes I understood that different
types of dragons spewed forth different liquids or gases from their
mouth. But, none of the books I have read really focused on the dragons,
so I only picked up a little information about them here and there. It
was kind of frustrating.
Well, I am happy to say
that there is finally a book out which tells you everything you might
want to know about the ten different types of dragons in the DragonLance
world. The book I am talking about is entitled A Practical Guide to Dragons
and is written by Sindri Suncatcher, a kender wizard I have read about
in the DragonLance: The New Adventures books, although I never got to
read them all.
Each chapter in this
book is packed with highly interesting material on dragons and I was
enraptured during while I was reading. The images are gorgeous and it
was wonderful learning about the different types of dragons. I had no
idea that they were all so different. Awesome!
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 excellent job of
compiling all of this information and writing it so it can be easily
understood. The cover and interior art, by eight different artists, is
perfect. I love all the different looks of the dragons.
Overall, A Practical Guide to Dragons
is an outstanding book full of highly interesting dragons and what makes
them tick. Young readers will spend hours and hours pouring over this
information and images, which will help them better understand the
dragons in the Dragon Codex series.
I rated this book a 9½ out of 10. |
