Dragon, Dragon, and Other Tales

This is a collection of four weird, dark and funny fairy tales.

I have very fond memories of my father reading me these darkly funny fairy tales. My favorite was the title story, but there was also a spooky story about a girl with one blue eye and one green eye, and another about the very last piece of sunlight.

I would have liked for there to be more stories in this short stories book. Although none of them had a typical "happy ending", they all were very entertaining. These stories can be read by or to younger readers although I do not think they will get as much out of them as a YA reader would.

The short stories can be twisted to teach a story, or you can just read them for sheer entertainment. Although, I'm not sure how the last story, "The Last Piece of Light," teaches anything. That story I believe can have lessons taught from it, but I don't feel that was the major intention of the story.

I am definitely going to be looking for more from John Champlin Gardner. I know it was only a VERY short book, but I enjoyed every page.