A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep

A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep

Fans of How to Train Your Dragon will love this whimsical tale, the first in a series, by a Newbery Honor winner, featuring charming illustrations and pet training tips in each chapter.

Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly enough, Winnie seems to think Miss Drake is her pet--a ridiculous notion

Unknown to most of its inhabitants, the City by the Bay is home to many mysterious and fantastic creatures, hidden beneath the parks, among the clouds, and even in plain sight. And Winnie wants to draw every new creature she encounters: the good, the bad, and the ugly. But Winnie's sketchbook is not what it seems. Somehow, her sketchlings have been set loose on the city streets It will take Winnie and Miss Drake's combined efforts to put an end to the mayhem . . . before it's too late.

This refreshing debut collaboration by Laurence Yep, a two-time Newbery Honor winner and a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner, and Joanne Ryder features illustrations by Mary GrandPr .

Praise for A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans
*Warm humor, magical mishaps, and the main characters' budding mutual respect and affection combine to give this opener for a planned series a special shine. -Booklist, Starred

Aternately comical, suspenseful and sometimes sweetly emotional. -Kirkus Reviews

With a black-and-white spot illustration opening most chapters, an engaging narrator, and a consistently fluid writing style, this title makes a fine dragon choice for readers. -School Library Journal

In this series launch, Yep and Ryder conjure up a world where dragons and humans interact, and the results are heartwarming and quite funny. -Publishers Weekly

A clever and amusing novel that imagines a magical world that nestles right up against our own and sometimes crosses over. -The Bulleting of the Center for Children's Books

Praise for A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter
Yep and Ryder keep the magic coming with their whimsical fantasy, enhanced by Grandpr 's sweet drawings. The story positively vibrates with fun. --Kirkus Reviews

Lighthearted episodes of unusual school lessons and field trips, illustrated by GrandPr 's winsome spot art, are grounded by Miss Drake's more serious encounters with the goons.a gratifying development as this buoyant, fantastical series continues.--The Horn Book Review

Laurence Yep is a two-time Newbery Honor winner, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee, and winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his substantial and lasting contribution to the world of children's literature. So it is only fitting that the famed prairie writer herself makes a brief appearance in Winnie's story. Yep is the author of more than sixty books, including the American Girl of the Year stories about Mia and Isabelle.

Joanne Ryder has her own ties to Laura Ingalls Wilder. She helped edit West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915. Already in love with the city, Ingalls's letters introduced Ryder to the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair, providing the perfect backdrop for Winnie and Miss Drake's adventures. In her storied career, Ryder has published more than seventy books and received numerous awards for her nature writing and poetry.

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ISBN 13	9780385392310
ISBN 10	0385392311
Title	A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans
Author	Laurence Yep
Series	A Dragon's Guide
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2016-02-02
Number of pages	192
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