Category Archives: dragons

Another quick recommendation

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons (2022, Doubleday/Random House) Run, don’t walk, to your nearest library and get your name on the waiting list for When Women Were Dragons. Waiting list, because the book most likely has been checked out. … Continue reading →

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Welcome the story-tellers

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Lizzie Ross

A new year, a new chance to tell you about books you might love. Today, a set of three books that weave folktales and myths into the journeys of three children and their fellow travelers. Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets … Continue reading →

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New year, new projects

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Lizzie Ross

I had originally thought to make no resolutions this year, so that I would have none to break. Yet there’s something about a new year that inspires me to set goals, and I find myself planning out 2014 with big and … Continue reading →

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Sensing a trend

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Lizzie Ross

I just learned of two calls for “dragon stories”. One asks for feisty heroine+dragon and the other wants princess+dragon. So I’m thinking of favorite dragon tales: Kenneth Grahame’s The Reluctant Dragon (1898), E Nesbit’s The Book of Dragons (1900), and Ruth Stiles … Continue reading →

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