Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

I finished Ursula Vernon’s Dragonbreath the other night, and it should be a nice addition to my 8-year-old son’s Christmas. He’s harder to choose books for than my older girls are–less of a bookworm, really–but Ursula Vernon is a nice middle ground between graphic novel and not, so to speak. (And she’s funny). I will say that I could tell Dragonbreath was written before the Hamster Princess books–Vernon has grown as a writer–but it’s still a perfectly enjoyable pilot, and I’m looking forward to the series. Danny and his friend complement each other nicely; their adventures are a fun mix of school story and madcap adventure. Vernon’s fabulous voice is definitely there, and mid-elementary schoolers should totally enjoy this one.