Title Dragon Series --- Author Wayne Anderson Illustrator Wayne Anderson Publisher Hutchinson - 1992 First Printing Hutchinson - 1992 Category Children Warnings None Main Characters Main Elements Dragons

From the bottom of the ocean to the cold northlands at the very edge of the world...In this magical tale Wayne Anderson tells of a small creature's journey to solve the mystery of his name.

I like these older chidren's books because they tend to be more about magic and imagination and less about being silly. A dragon's egg is lost and hatches under the sea. The little dragon doesn't know what he is so he tries to be a fish, but that doesn't work. As he searches for his mother he tries to be different things, from birds to snakes but none feel right. Eventually he finds a young boy reading a book in his bed, a book about dragons with a map to where the dragons live, and together they head out to find the dragon's mother.

The artwork is a beatiful, atmospheric pastel, and the dragons remind me of the ones from the Flight of Dragons movie, something which evokes strong childhood memories! I enjoyed this book very much.