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lightreadsThe Dragon with a Chocolate Heart
3/5. A cute little story suitable for tweens about the rebellious dragon who goes off adventuring against her mother's wishes and ends up turned into a human girl. Which works out okay because it lets her discover her life's passion: chocolate.
Cute. Diana Wynne Jonesish around the edges. The younger readers, all edges neatly squared away version of Jones. This book did make me ponder a bit why so many kidlit titles fall into the broad category of 'X plunges face first into the world, discovers humans are weird.' I guess it makes sense that kids would identify with stories about people who are just passing for a civilized member of society – or not passing very well, as in the case of this book. And also that kids would appreciate a story about someone experiencing the world like an alien come to it fresh to squint confusedly at all these complicated customs. That's basically what being a kid was like for me, so.
3/5. A cute little story suitable for tweens about the rebellious dragon who goes off adventuring against her mother's wishes and ends up turned into a human girl. Which works out okay because it lets her discover her life's passion: chocolate.
Cute. Diana Wynne Jonesish around the edges. The younger readers, all edges neatly squared away version of Jones. This book did make me ponder a bit why so many kidlit titles fall into the broad category of 'X plunges face first into the world, discovers humans are weird.' I guess it makes sense that kids would identify with stories about people who are just passing for a civilized member of society – or not passing very well, as in the case of this book. And also that kids would appreciate a story about someone experiencing the world like an alien come to it fresh to squint confusedly at all these complicated customs. That's basically what being a kid was like for me, so.
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Date: 2018-05-22 11:39 pm (UTC)I mean, that's enough to get my attention.