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    Kenny & the Dragon
    Kenny & the Dragon
    Kenny & the Dragon
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    Kenny & the Dragon

    Written by Tony DiTerlizzi

    Narrated by Alan Cumming

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    Now in paperback, the New York Times bestselling tale of chivalry and showmanship from Tony DiTerlizzi.

    Kenny is a little rabbit with a very big problem. His two best friends are heading into a battle of legendary proportions—with each other! In one corner there’s Grahame, a well-read and cultured dragon with sophisticated tastes. In the other there’s George, a retired knight and dragon slayer who would be content to spend the rest of his days in his bookshop. Neither really wants to fight, but the village townsfolk are set on removing Grahame from their midst and calling George out of retirement. Can Kenny avert disaster?

    Tony DiTerlizzi puts a fun-filled, thoroughly theatrical spin on Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale of subterfuge and showmanship with this lighthearted romp of a retelling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateAug 5, 2008
    ISBN9780743572132
    Author

    Tony DiTerlizzi

    #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi has been creating children’s books for over twenty years. From fanciful picture books like The Spider & the Fly to chapter book series like the Search for WondLa, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with a rich imagination. With Holly Black, he created the middle grade series the Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold 20 million copies, been adapted into a feature film, and been translated in over thirty countries. The Norman Rockwell Museum’s exhibition “Never Abandon Imagination” featured artwork from the beginning of DiTerlizzi’s career as a contributing artist for Dungeons & Dragons and broke attendance records. He has been featured in Time magazine and USA TODAY and on CNN, PBS, NPR, the BBC, and the Today show.

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    • 5/5
      Cute story about a rabbit named Kenny and the friend he makes - Grahame, a dragon.
    • 5/5
      There are dozens of books about kids making new friends and looking past outward appearances, but this one takes the cake. A bookish rabbit named Kenny meets a dragon named Grahame and the two become fast friends. Things get complicated when Kenny?s only other friend, George the local bookseller, is hired by the king to slay the dragon. The short book is packed with great life lessons: finding nonviolent solutions to your problems, respecting your parents, talking out your problems with others, not judging people before you get to know them, etc. The lovely illustrations and sweet story made this one an absolute delight. I particularly loved Kenny?s parents and their development. It?s been added to my permanent collection of kids? books. ?
    • 5/5
      Charming and appropriate for all ages. Has some healthy suspense with satisfying resolutions. Wonderfully characters.
    • 4/5
      Very cute story about the friendship between a young rabbit and a dragon.I listened to the audio version and loved the narration by Alan Cumming. He is such a talented performer that it was almost like listening to a full-cast audio!
    • 5/5
      Cute story. Fast read.
    • 4/5
      What a sweet, fun and heartwarming story of friendship, courage and creativity. Makes me want a dragon friend!
    • 5/5
      The Reluctant Dragon was wonderful and this depiction is no exception. This is a must read for booklovers and those who aren't. All individuals deserve to be treated fairly and without judgement. The world could be a better place if we did this.
    • 4/5
      Loved the fact that several of the characters were "cast" against stereotypes (peaceful dragons, brave rabbits, etc.)Overall, this was a fun, light-hearted book that my kids and I had a lot of fun with. Definitely worth checking out if you like animal fantasies.
    • 5/5
      Helen got me the Spiderwick Chronicles for Christmas a few years ago and I read all five of them in two days. They are very short so it really wasn't that much of a feat, but I loved them. My favorite parts were the illustrations. That was my first introduction to the work of Tony DiTerlizzi, who is absolutely brilliant! After that, I quickly found his blog and started stalking reading him all the time. Along the way, I learned that he was putting out a new book, Kenny and the Dragon, based on the story The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame.I completely associated with Kenny, who would rather have his head stuck in a book than socialize with classmates, and I know I would be just as excited if my father came in and told me there was a dragon living on our hillside. And Grahame, the dragon, is so debonair - so very civilized! Over the course of the book, they will need to convince the townsfolk that Grahame isn't a threat to anyone and stop the King's champion from trying to slay the him. The illustrations in this book are wonderful! DiTerlizzi captures a mixture of determination and wistfulness in Kenny that is almost heart breaking to anyone who has known the pain of being slightly outside the group. There is an intelligence and humor in Grahame that transcends the page. You really want a dragon of your own by the time you are done! This is a great book to enjoy on your own or read aloud to your kids. And unlike many chapter books, there are illustrations scattered throughout the text. (Don't you hate it when authors decide that just because you're old enough to read longer periods of text, you no longer want pictures?)
    • 3/5
      ?Kenny and the Dragon? is a touching tale of friendship that draws inventively from the classic story of St. George and the dragon. Kenny Rabbit is a protagonist you can't help but root for, and the illustrations in this book are simply adorable. While the prose in ?Kenny and the Dragon? is a little cumbersome at times, it is not enough to detract from the charm of the tale, and the lessons taught are an effortless part of the story. This book is great for middle school students or EL (English Learners) high school students.
    • 4/5
      What do you do when your new best buddy has been designated a scourge by the community and marked for imminent extermination? Just ask Kenny Rabbit. When the simple folks in the sleepy little village of Roundbrook catch wind that there's a dragon running loose in the countryside, they get the wrong idea and the stage is set for a fight to the death. So it's up to Kenny to give his neighbors front-row seats to one of the best-known battles in history--the legendary showdown between St. George and the dragon--without losing a friend in the fray.--Book flap blurb.This book was...well, bland, I guess, is the word I'm looking for. Even though it was short (150 small pages with big kid-friendly print and full- and half-page pictures), it took me a while to get through it. It wasn't hard to read -- it was just that it didn't really keep me interested enough to pick it up at every spare moment.The writing was lack-luster, the story was predictable, and I expected the dragon to be a lot more interesting. Obviously, if he's friends with a rabbit he's not a vicious kind of dragon, but his personality here was almost cliche. He's a proper, well-mannered, bookish critter. It just feels like that's been done before and better.It was still an enjoyable book and probably would be good to read to the kiddies, if that's your thing. It's not scary and it was actually a little lacking in suspense as well. It just wasn't my thing. When I read a kids' book, I like 'em to be a bit weirder and more interesting than this. This was just...meh. Most kids would probably like it, but it just didn't cut it for me.
    • 4/5
      Very cute story about the friendship between a young rabbit and a dragon.I listened to the audio version and loved the narration by Alan Cumming. He is such a talented performer that it was almost like listening to a full-cast audio!
    • 4/5
      Absolutely delightful book for young and old. Kenny Rabbit finds out a Dragon is living on his property and sets out to investigate. Grahame (with an e) the Dragon turns out to be a friendly, book reading fellow who loves desserts.Kenny must find a way to save Grahame when the townspeople become afraid and ask the King to send someone to slay the Dragon.A very magical story that is heart warming and carries the message that almost every problem can be worked out.This book was purchased for my grandson...but I also enjoyed this book and recommend it for every child's library.
    • 4/5
      A charming homage to Kenneth Grahame's "The Reluctant Dragon" is engagingly written and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, and if young readers are led to Grahame's classic tale, more's the better!

      Young Kenny's family plays host to a dragon named Grahame, who'd rather read, play chess, and eat creme brulee than have a go-round with any old knight, but that's just what is going to have to happen if Kenny can't figure out a way to avert the crisis. Chancing his friendship with bookseller George, who's been called out of retirement as a dragonslayer by the king himself, Kenny sorts out a clever plan to satisfy the townspeople and the king.

      Cute, cute, cute!
    • 3/5
      When young Kenny Rabbit finds a dragon hanging out on the hill behind his house, he's afraid at first. But once he gets to know Grahame, he realizes that he's found a kindred spirit and a best friend. When townspeople discover the dragon and insist on destroying it, Kenny has to figure out a way to save his new friend without hurting any of the townspeople. Gorgeous illustrations improve an uneven story. I liked the writing for the most part, but Kenny's voice and the tone of the book seemed to be a strange mixture of old-fashioned classic (a la The Wind in the Willows) and more modern lingo.
    • 4/5
      The artwork is just as entertaining as the story.