By: Jennifer Bryan Publisher: Two Lives Publishing Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Two Lives Publishing Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 32 Publication Date: September 15, 2006 Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Product Description: This bedtime story about bedtime stories shows how the wonderful care and curiosity of a little boy, with some help from his willing moms, can lead to magical and unexpected places. Join Noah and his cat, Diva, on this nighttime adventure and you too will leave with an unforgettable new dragon friend!
Great Lesson for Kids This is just one of those great books that reflect families beyond the one mother, one father, 2.4 children construction. In addition to giving children a storybook family that may reflect their own, it's an imaginative story about a dragon who just doesn't want to gnash his teeth and breathe fire anymore.
The book is told as a bedtime story by one of Noah's two mothers. She weaves a tale where Noah and his cat, Diva, go on an adventure and run into a dragon who is tired of being one-dimensional. The dragon admits that it's exhausting being mean, but no one wants a dragon to be nice or fun. Noah, of course, informs him that it really is within the dragon's power to decide how he wants to be.
We constantly tell our kids that we want them "to be nice because they can be and not mean because they can be" and we often talk about how you behave with other people is completely within your control. So we loved this book. And if you have a two-mother household, this book additionally allows your child to see his/her family life mirrored in the storybook. A good book for every bookshelf. Age range: more text on each page making it a better book for three and up.
Pretty good buy This a cute book, that I enjoy reading to my boys. They, however, aren't all that interested. They are only 2.5 and about 3.5 years old, so it may be a little ahead of their level. They prefer books that flow/rhyme well and this one doesn't. It's basically just a mom telling a story to her son. I think they'll enjoy it when they get older, especially once they can read it themselves.
Overall, it was a good buy and I do recommend it if your child likes stories and doesn't care if they rhyme or not.
Love it Three cheers to the authors for giving us a different--and most wonderful--bedtime story to read. Like prejudice, tolerance is also a learned behavior, and this book opens many doors for parent-child discussions.
Excellent! I loved this book. The story and the illustrations are beautiful. It's one of my new favorites.
A book for all families This is an enchanting book of adventure and storytelling. Noah and his mother Go-Ma weave a tale of a boy in search of excitement and a dragon who doesn't want to be fierce anymore. The author knows exactly how parents and young children tell stories, with input from the child driving the narration.
The fact that Noah has two moms is incidental to the main story. The book is inclusive without being preachy, and shows two moms as just another part of some children's families. All families with young children (preschool and early elementary) should read The Different Dragon for its magical tale and colorful, full-age illustrations. The fact that it celebrates difference--of both the dragon and Noah's family--is an added bonus.
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