Title There is a Dragon in the Library Series --- Author Dianne de Las Casas Illustrator Marita Gentry Publisher Pelican Publishing Company - 2011 First Printing Pelican Publishing Company - 2011 Category Children Warnings None Main Characters Max Main Elements Dragons

Story time in the library had just come to an end when Max spies something amazing on one of the bookcases. It's a large, speckled egg that with a loud CRACK breaks to reveal a small dragon. But the dragon doesn't stay small for very long because he has a real appetite for books. Max tells his mom, the librarian, and even a policeman, but will anyone believe him before the dragon gobbles up the library?

Fresh and bright illustrations bring this story of library adventure to life. A list of Max's "Book Care Tips" completes this fanciful tale for children, librarians, and anyone who has ever been enchanted by the wonders of the library.

A kind of cute story about a young boy named Max who finds a dragon eating books in the library but no one will believe him (until the dragon grows so big the library is in the dragon!). The story was fine but I didn't much care for the illustrations, the faces of the humans were poorly drawn and the dragon was weirdly patchworked in a way that didn't work for me, after all it was a real dragon not a stuffed toy. But I thought it was interesting that there was a little section at the end about caring for your books, kind of appropriate after the dragon had gone ahead and eaten them all since none of the adults would believe Max.