The Egg

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Paperback, 32 pages

English language

Published Feb. 23, 2004 by Puffin.

ISBN:
978-0-14-240038-8
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When the eggs hatches, and a baby dragon comes out, George knows exactly what to do. A baby dragon needs to learn how dragons are supposed to act, including how to fly, how to breathe fire, and how to defeat a knight-so George starts the dragon lessons right away! The dragon learns quickly, but he is anxious to find his own kind. Then George wakes up the next morning and the little dragon is missing. Will George ever see his dragon again?

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reviewed The Egg by M.P. Robertson

A story of a nurturing boy.

I like that the male main character is shown as nurturing; this is something distinctly lacking in a lot of children's books (at least, with experience of the 800+ I've recently catalogued into my school's library, including a lot of 'diverse' titles). So that's positive. Also, dragons are cool? And it linked nicely to show a good relationship.

Otherwise, it wasn't incredibly interesting. In maintaining the damsel-in-distress stereotype for dragon stories, it also had the main character's sister tied up? Which was weird.