Title Dragons Father and Son Series --- Author Alexandre Lacroix Illustrated By Ronan Badel Publisher words & pictures - 2017 First Printing Viking Books - 2014 Category Children Warnings None Main Characters Drake Main Elements Dragons

Drake is a young dragon, whose father instructs him to act like a proper dragon – and to go out and set fire to some houses. But Drake isn’t confident about his skills and he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. How will be prove himself without upsetting his dad and everyone around him? A funny and moving story about the bonds between fathers and children, with a positive, peaceful message – and all the magic and mayhem you’d hope for in a tale about dragons.

My first reaction was how weird, the father dragon is wearing an undershirt and has stubble. This sort of immediately turned me off the artwork as it kind of portrayed the father as some kind of couch potate slob dragon. He wasn't really, but kind of. Just the overall look of the dragons, even the son, didn't quite appeal, though there is a picture of the young dragon sharing some fish with a fisherman and his cat which is somehow quite adorable. A common theme in little kid dragon books, you have your young dragon sent out to burn things and eat people, only the little dragon doesn't want to do that, he'd rather make friends. It was ok, but there were better books on this kind of theme.