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Title: My son cried.
Review: My four-year old son was so disappointed with this book that hecried.Although the story offers an alternative to fighting, thealternative is only born out of the ineptitude of both the knight and the dragon. They try to fight, but fail. Only after failing do they become friends. What kind of motivation is that?In addition, the story did not offer any motivation for the knight to fight the dragon in the first place. There was really no conflict. Therefore, they did not overcome anything by working together in the end, except perhaps their own ignorance. Even at that, though, the knight and the dragon do not finally come to any deeper understanding about each other.If the author wanted to help children understand that we should work together, why not show the knight and dragon working together to solve a problem?If your child revels in the brave deeds of St. George and other knights, he or she may be sorely disappointed.This knight and dragon are wimpy!
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