Kenny & the Dragon

Kenny & the Dragon

Kenny & the Dragon is a 2008 children's novel by Tony DiTerlizzi.

Plot

Kenny Rabbit is a bunny that lives in a village called Roundbrook. He is glad that a dragon has moved to the hill by his parents' farm. The dragon, Grahame, loves literature, enjoys reciting long poems over dinner, and only uses his fire-breathing abilities to torch crème brûlée through his left nostril and he is a rarity among dragons. At school, Kenny accidentally says that he saw a dragon. When the villagers hear of it, they panic. A retired knight, who is Kenny's best friend, has been hired to to slay Grahame. Kenny wants to keep his two friends from fighting or killing each other, but no one will listen to him. It's up to Kenny to find a way to convince them that they would become best friends if they got to know each other. [http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/9781416939771.asp]

Reception

A Publishers Weekly review says, "DiTerlizzi's novel is light-hearted and his informal pencil sketches enhance the creative interpretation of what would otherwise be a simple animal story. Some readers might struggle with the mannered vocabulary, which encompasses words like "drake" and varlet," and Beowulf references will probably be lost on the intended audience. Regardless, readers will understand the author's message: make friends, not unfair judgments". [Publishers Weekly, 7/14/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 28, p66-66, 1/6p. (Book Review)] A Kirkus Reviews review says, "A readable, if denatured, rendition of a faded classic". [Kirkus Reviews, 6/15/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 12, p128-128, 1p. (Book Review)]

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