Reviews
of Laraine’s “The Little Dragon Without Fire”.
Kathy Boswell,
Managing Editor of The Best Reviews
and a Member of Reviewers International Organization (RIO), writes:
Poor
Firetongue, the dragon, was born without the ability to breathe fire. All of
the other dragons teased him unmercifully because the games they played all
centered around breathing fire.
Firetongue decided
to do something about it so he went to his Uncle Inferno for advice. Uncle Inferno weaves tall tales and nobody
ever knows if his stories are real or not.
He tells Firetongue that he needs to go to Mount Furnace for a fire
rock, not just any fire rock but a special fire rock that looks like a polished
ruby.
Now Uncle
Inferno knows that Firetongue will go straight to his mother with this tale so
he's not worried but Firetongue decides to set off right then and there on the
adventure of his life straight to Mount Furnace. What he finds when he gets
there surprises everyone, including himself.
This delightful
story enchanted my eight-year-old daughter and me. Not only does it tell a
wonderful story but it teaches a lesson as well. My daughter and I hope that
Laraine Ann Barker will tell more stories about Firetongue and his dragon
relatives and friends.
Rita Hestand, who gives it a
five-star rating, writes:
Firetongue was
a young dragon who could not breathe fire like all the other dragons in his community. He felt very sad, because the others made
fun of him. He can't even play his
favorite games, because he has no fire.
In fact he feels so bad about it he goes to see Uncle Inferno.
Uncle Inferno is well known in the community for listening to others and telling great tales. When Firetongue told him of his plight, Uncle Inferno understood and told him how to go about getting the fire breath. It was dangerous, but it was the only solution.
Firetongue believed
Uncle Inferno and set about his adventure immediately.
Laraine Anne
Barker brings us a well written story of dragons, adventure and courage. She
weaves a magic that will delight your children and make them eager to turn the
page. I highly recommend this one.
©Rita Hestand,
author of “Pretend Mom” and “Nick's Baby”.
Christine
Spindler writes at Dreamwater
E-books for kids (in the Fun section):
Despite his
fiery name, Firetongue is a dragon without any fire in him. He feels like a
social pariah and desperately seeks help. Young and inexperienced as he is, he
believes the outrageous tale Uncle Inferno tells him: that he should have been
given fire rock to eat as a baby. Now it's too late, but there's a way to
correct the mistake, and that's going to Mount Furnace where the Fire God
guards a special fire rock. Inferno is sure the boy will not do any such
nonsense, but Firetongue is determined to become a
NORMAL dragon.
And off he walks into a frightening adventure full of surprises.
The story has
some neat twists, like when the Fire God turns out to be a Goddess who hates
being talked to in reverent tones. Firetongue, the problem-ridden dragon boy,
is a character kids can easily relate to. “The Little Dragon Without Fire” is
funny and entertaining all the way, with a happy ending totally unlike the one
I expected. A perfect bedtime read-to book that guarantees exciting dreams.
Christine
Spindler, author of “Faces of Fear”, one of her Inspector Terry series.
Nine-year-old Nathan Adams
writes:
Firetongue is a
little dragon without fire. He gets teased a lot and gets left out of the fire
games 'cause most dragons have to have fire breath to play most of them. Firetongue is really lonely until he meets
Firegoddess.
I love stories
about dragons and I liked this one a lot.
I thought it was cool that Firetongue and Firegoddess are a lot
alike. I had fun reading this book. It was a really neat story with a great
ending.
Review by:
Nathaniel Adams age 9, Son of Sue Anne Adams
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