Dorin and the Dragon

by Ariane Dewey

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688009115
• ISBN13: 9780688009113
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

unusual tale

Dorin and the Dragon is a book that begs for a sequel. There is much in the story that is left untold. It breaks many fairy tale stereotypes, which is refreshing: a prince (youngest of 3) angers his father and is banished but unlike other cinderella variants of this type, there is no reconcilliation. He makes a family for himself that will not break faith --only his new father is a Dragon! In a lot of ways, it is a fairy tale for modern life, where your family may not be what you are told it should be, by society, but it gives you what you need nonetheless. Also, Dorin finds he needs to lie to the Dragon in order to give them both what they need, this makes me uneasy about the story but I reluctantly admit, it is more realistic than the behavior typical of fairytales.