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If I Had a Dragon
Morton's brother is too little to be any fun -- but if he were a dragon, playtime would be great...wouldn't it?
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
May 23rd 2006
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Ellery, Amanda and Tom - If I Had a Dragon -Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006.
**This is a simple story about a little boy who doesn’t want to play with his little brother, instead wishing for a dragon. He dreams up all kinds of fun things he could do with a dragon, only to realize that doing these things with a dragon might not be so fun after all. In the end, he realizes that he doesn’t really want a dragon and decides to go play with his little brother instead. Simple, but col...more
**This is a simple story about a little boy who doesn’t want to play with his little brother, instead wishing for a dragon. He dreams up all kinds of fun things he could do with a dragon, only to realize that doing these things with a dragon might not be so fun after all. In the end, he realizes that he doesn’t really want a dragon and decides to go play with his little brother instead. Simple, but col...more
If I Had a Dragon is a cute book about learning to appreciating your siblings. If a child is struggling with wanting to play or talk to or just spend time with their sibling this book is a good match! I think how it shows all the things the boy in the book has planned for himself and the dragon just to show that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. This is a humorous book that children will find very funny. The age group for If I Had a Dragon would be no more than around second grad...more
My version of this book is awesome because it is a Spanish/English book with the Spanish translations directly underneath the English. The story is a cute story about a boy wanting his little brother to be a dragon and all the fun they could have. However, as the boy goes on he realizes it would be too difficult to have a dragon and in the end wants his brother to stay the same. The Spanish being directly under the English will help students learn either language.
This is a wonderful book for you and your children to explore together. It is a bilingual book and it has French in it. It is a cute book to teach the children that their little brothers and sisters aren't all that bad, because after all they could be a dragon. A great book to get kids using their imagination. They could think of other animals that wouldn't make such good siblings and write about it.
Dec 28, 2012
Lindsay
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review of another edition
Shelves:
dragons,
story-time,
spanish,
bilingual,
brothers,
siblings,
play,
imagination,
children,
picture-book,
humor,
narrative-skills
This is a cute bilingual (Spanish/English) story about a little boy named Matín (Morton in English) who wishes that his baby brother were a dragon. Martín imagines all the fun things he and the dragon would do while also showing us the pitfalls about having such a HUGE dragon as a playmate. At the end of the story, Martín rushes home to play with his brother. Since some of the pages don't have words (or have few words), the story provides a wonderful opportunity to practice narrative skills. I u...more
This was a nice little book about an older brother who didn't want to play with his little brother... He wished his little brother was more fun, like a dragon. And then he starts thinking about what it would really be like to play with a dragon, and realizes that the little brother option is much better... :) So it had a nice little story. 4.5 stars.
Another book with a lot of great humor (driven entirely by the illustrations). The little boy thinks playing with a dragon would be SO much better than playing with his little brother. But then he imagines all of the various scenarios and realizes that actually little brothers can be pretty fun (and dragons can be quite difficult)...
If you are a big brother and have a little brother you are too fond of, you might enjoy reading what happens to Morton when he imagines what would happen if his little brother were a dragon.
Written and illustrated by Tom and Amanda Ellery
Yes the illustrations are fun and clever.
Written and illustrated by Tom and Amanda Ellery
Yes the illustrations are fun and clever.
A young boy thinks that his little brother is no fun to play with. He fantasizes about having a dragon as a playmate instead. After a bit of thought on the matter, he decides that his little brother is a more practical playmate than a giant, cumbersome dragon.
Soooo funny! Reminds me a bit of Mo Willems, where many pages are wordless, or virtually so, and the expressions on Morton and his dragon are brilliant. Any kid will love this - even me.
Story with economic text about a boy who wishes his younger brother was something more interesting to play with, like a dragon. Once he thinks about the ways in which a dragon plays, he begins to see the benefits of having a little brother to play with.
Seriously, one of the cutest books ever!
Very easy read and cute pictures. One page had my kids rolling on the ground laughing and repeating the story to anyone who would listen.
Definitely going to own this one!
Very easy read and cute pictures. One page had my kids rolling on the ground laughing and repeating the story to anyone who would listen.
Definitely going to own this one!
I read this book with my 8 year old brother and we loved it a lot .. its so funny we couldn't stop laughing .. the pictures are so hilarious especially the pool picture .. thank you for this wonderful book.
A fun book with colorful pictures and a few words on each page. It tackles the universal theme of siblings who are too young and/or no fun to play with. Great for reading aloud to children.
A cute, funny story of few words with comical pictures, in which a young boy learns that playing with his little brother probably is better than playing with a dragon.
Extremely funny illustrations show the drawbacks of owning your very own pet dragon. I really like this one, it made me burst out laughing at the absurd drawings.
This book is so cute. My kids loves it. I love it. Makes me laugh out loud when I read it. The drawings are great and the simple imagination of it all. It's great.
Jul 27, 2011
Ubalstecha
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A very sweet story about a young boy who wants to have a dragon instead of a litlle brother, but then realises that a little brother isn't so bad after all.
You'll find out in a hurry why playing with your baby brother (like Mom asked you to do) might be a better idea than having a pet dragon to play with.
Read this to 1-5 grade as I was introducing the new ESL section in my library. Really quick, cute, funny read that they all loved!
A cute and comical story in which a young boy realizes all the cons of having a dragon. Cute cartooney illstrations.
Morton daydreams about what playtime would be like if his annoying baby brother were a cool dragon instead.
The copy I read had both english and spanish for all the words in the text.
Cute pics but I thought the storyline seemed fragmented/forced.
Story is interactive enough to work for storytime.
من عائدات ألف ليست في بقرة
So cute! Can't wait to use in my storytime.
Good examples of the Spanish subjunctive
Loved this book, very cute and funny
si yo tuviera un dragon
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