Night of the Dragons

Night at the Museum: Nick's Tales #1

by Michael Anthony Steele

This book for middle grade readers is a continuation of the blockbuster film Night At the Museum where every night an ancient Egyptian tablet brings the museum exhibits to life! It follows the adventures of Nick as he learns the ropes at the strangest museum in the world. Things at the museum just got weirder… In this story, a new exhibit brings new dangers and unleashes an evil force on the Museum of Natural History. Soon, Nick is up to his ears in trouble. With his father sidelined by a strange new magic, the boy must face giant dragons and an evil sorcerer determined to take over the museum…and then the world!

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

About the author

Michael Anthony Steele is an author and screenwriter living in Dallas, Texas. He’s written for a wide variety of entertainment and educational properties from Barney & Friends to the novelization of the recent film, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. He’s written over 60 licensed books for such major properties as Shrek, Penguins of Madagascar, Wordgirl, The Batman, Garfield, Spider-man, Speed Racer, Winx Club, Sly Cooper, and many more. Anthony’s television experience begins with the award-winning PBS series Wishbone and carries him all the way to writing 25 episodes of Barney & Friends and 4 DVDs of Boz: The Green Bear Next Door.

Between writing projects, Anthony is thrilled to give presentations to schools and libraries across the country. Having been fortunate enough to write for so many famous brands, his appearances require very little preparation on the part of the instructors because, most likely, the kids are fans of one or more of the properties for which he’s written.

Anthony’s current presentation features multimedia elements and tells the story of how he became a writer—following an exciting path through a career in photography and special effects. His appearances have been described as the “rock-n-roll” author visits since he comes with an animated presentation, humor, audio/visual elements, loads of energy, and a guitar—that’s right, a guitar!

His life’s journey has given him unique experience and the ability to share behind-the-scenes knowledge, tell stories, and answer questions not only about writing but also about the film and television industry. More importantly, the main theme of his program is how, with hard work and determination, the students can achieve anything they wish. Anthony was in elementary school when he was first inspired to become a writer and they too can get inspired right now! It’s just that simple and exciting!

Reviews

[TrishaIyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought that Night of Dragons(Night at the Musuem: Nick's Tales, #1) was an excellent book. It is all about how at night all of the all of the museum's displays come to life. Nick's father is a night guard at the museum. Nick goes with his father to the musuem because he loves experiencing the displays coming to life. The displays can't move around during the day as they can at night. One day two mannequines come. They are Joan of the Arc and Czar Nichcolas. They soon realize that Czar Nichcolas can move around during the day! If you want to find out how read this book.

[Lara Vehar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this one ... The story was pretty fast and simple. The museum gets a Czar Nicholas, or so they thing and Joan of Arc. But Nicholas is actually Rasputin who can wield powerful magic and once Larry gets frozen it's up to his son Nick to save the day. It's a pretty short book but it's packed with action and gets surprisingly dark at times for a kid's book.

[Layne Young-Farmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was alright. I like the Night at the Museum movies sooooo much better though.

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son read this aloud to me for his reading time. He enjoyed it! He gives it a "thumbs up". I mean it had dragons in it for goodness sakes. Who doesn't like dragons in a story. ;)

[Candi Rutherford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very cute story. Holds all the same creativity and comedy we all know and love from the previous stories! Great for younger kids and still an interesting read for adults as well.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have given it three and a half stars.