Dennis Shealy

A too-abbreviated but fairly competent retelling of the 1964 animated television special is almost carried by the art.

My daughter liked it when she was four.

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Rated "Indifferent" in our old book database by Rod; rated "Good" by Adelia.

Library book. Our kid LOVES the movie version of this. However, it's got some rude comedy in it he was picking up on so we've banned the move from our home - till he's a bit older. We found this book and it has none of the offensive stuff in it. While it was in our possession, he asked to read it every night. He recognized the characters and would talk about them along with us reading the story to him. It was short enough to not drive us crazy but the story itself was missing - this was more show more of a highlight of what each of the characters did all day. (The intro to the movie in book form.) Four stars because he loved it and but also because there was no real story here. show less

A cute intro to the D&D cartoon series of the '80s, but holy wow! Battling Tiamat, an evil wizard, and a horde of dragons on the first go. That's quite the start!

The vivid and exciting illustrations make it very eye catching and exciting for the reader, and having it with a character that is so popular and in the now makes it even more exciting for the reader. I have experience reading it with my niece and having lighting mcqueen and towmater on the pages made her pay more attention than she did with the easy reader dolphins book. Also, it was simple enough for her to be able to sound out the words and read it herself.