Dragon Books For Children And Some Dragon Facts

Posted on May 28, 2016 by admin

Dragon Books

Dragon books for children, and the dragons that star in them, are as different as the author’s imagination.

For the most part, the dragon seems to be portrayed as the evil villain. And according to folklore, they were. Green Dragons in Folklore http://www.draconika.com/types.php

The green dragon is a belligerent creature and master of intrigue, politics, and backbiting. He is cruel. He prefers forests—the older and bigger the trees, the better. Instead of being overtly aggressive, he prefers to concoct elaborate schemes to gain power or wealth with as little effort as possible. He may make his lair behind a waterfall or near a lake, pond, or stream that provides a submerged entrance. The closer one gets to his lair, the darker the woods become. Evil hangs in the air, mingling with the forest scents to produce foul odors.http://www.draconika.com/types.php

Snarls is the lovable dragon in my fantasy kids books series.

Multi-Award Winning, The Pen Pieyu Adventures series

You can download the 9- page pdf coloring pages here.

Any just to reassure you, Snarls is nothing like the description of the green dragon in folklore, even though he is green.

Third Person P.O.V. In Writing

Posted on May 21, 2016 by admin

In writing for young and middle grade children, and when writing in the third-person narrative, the writing is either in the third-person limited viewpoint (everything is seen, heard, etc., through the main character) or third-person omniscient viewpoint (the narrator sees and knows all).

There are, although, three types of third-person writing that is used in writing for young adults and adults.

Third-person voice

The third-person narrative voices are narrative voice techniques employed solely under the category of the third-person view. Here’s an explanation of three different types of third-person voices.

Third-person Subjective:

Third-person subjective is when the narrator conveys the thoughts, feelings, opinions, etc. of one or more characters. If it is just one character, it can be termed third-person limited, in which the reader is “limited” to the thoughts of some particular character as in the first-person mode, except still giving personal descriptions using “he”, “she”, “it”, and “they”, but not “I.”

Third-person limited is almost always the main character.. Certain third-person omniscient modes are also classifiable as “third person, subjective” modes that switch between the thoughts, feelings, etc. of all the characters.

At its narrowest and most subjective scope, the story reads as though the viewpoint character were narrating it; dramatically this is very similar to the first person, in that it allows in-depth revelation of the protagonist’s personality, but it uses third-person grammar. Some writers will shift perspective from one viewpoint character to another.

Third-person Objective:

The third-person objective employs a narrator who tells a story without describing any character’s thoughts, opinions, or feelings; instead it gives an objective, unbiased point of view. Often the narrator is self-dehumanized in order to make the narrative more neutral; this type of narrative mode, outside of fiction, is often employed by newspaper articles, biographical documents, and scientific journals. This point of view can be described as a “fly on the wall” or “camera lens” approach that can only record the observable actions, but does not interpret these actions or relay what thoughts are going through the minds of the characters.

The third-person objective is preferred in most pieces that are deliberately trying to take a neutral or unbiased view, like in many newspaper articles. It is also called the third-person dramatic, because the narrator (like the audience of a drama) is neutral and ineffective toward the progression of the plot — merely an non-involved onlooker.

Third-person Omniscient:

Historically, the third-person omniscient perspective has been the most commonly used; it is seen in countless classic novels. A story in this narrative mode is presented by a narrator with an overarching point of view, seeing and knowing everything that happens within the world of the story, including what each of the characters is thinking and feeling. It sometimes even takes a subjective approach. One advantage of omniscience is that this mode enhances the sense of objective reliability or truthfulness of the plot. The third-person omniscient narrator is the least capable of being unreliable—although the omniscient narrator can have its own personality, offering judgments and opinions on the behavior of the characters.

In addition to reinforcing the sense of the narrator as reliable (and thus of the story as true), the main advantage of this mode is that it is eminently suited to telling huge, sweeping, epic stories, and/or complicated stories involving numerous characters. The disadvantage of this mode is that it can create more distance between the audience and the story, and that—when used in conjunction with a sweeping, epic “cast of thousands” story—characterization is more limited, which can reduce the reader’s identification with or attachment to the characters.

Interview With A Dragon

Posted on May 8, 2016 by admin

Q&A with Snarls (Star of) from Sir Princess Petra’s Mission

Re-blog from: https://kid-lit-reviews.com/2016/04/16/qa-with-snarls-star-of-from-sir-princess-petras-mission/

Kid Lit reviews is pleased to welcome Snarls, the Dragon from Sir Princess Petra’s Mission, Book 3 of The Pen Pieyu Adventures. The Kingdom of Pen Pieyu is located in a magical kingdom located in author, Diane Mae Robinson’s Garden Kingdom, located in Alberta Canada.

Princess Petra wants to become a knight. Her parents are against it, so King Longstride writes new rules in the Kingdom’s Royal Ryle book designed to trip Princess Petra up, causing her to fail. She doesn’t. Soon, Princess Petra is known far and wide as Sir Princess Petra, the only knight in the Kingdom of Pen Pieyu. Her one test involved taming the ferocious and widely feared, dragon. Petra tamed the loud dragon, making him her steed. That dragon was Snarls.

KID LIT REVIEWS: Hello Snarls. I hope you are fine this good day.

PETRA: “Hey, why are you asking Snarls . . .”

PUSH, SHOVE, “OUCH” SLAM

KLT: Yes, Hello Petra. It’s good to see you, too. The questions are for Snarls this time . If you recall, you were interviewed here a couple years ago and just recently at the Insatiable Reader. You are welcome to sit in, but please, let Snarls answer the questions.

KLT: So, Snarls, you are a real, live, fire-breathing dragon, not a horse, yet Sir Princess Petra rides you as if you were a horse. She calls you her “steed.” What is it like for a dragon to be a steed?

SNARLS: “Uhhhumm. Yeah, about that. First things first. I have something to clear up about this steed business. My author girl would have you believe, by her writings in book two, that my pink tassel saddle was all Petra’s idea. NOT SO! I picked out the saddle myself. It’s my way of saying I am a modern dragon. Sort of like the “man purse” thing in your world.

“Secondly, Petra would have you believe I had no choice in the matter of becoming a steed. NOT SO! It was totally my idea from the beginning.”

KLT: What is it like being a dragon-steed? Snarls?

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!

KLT: Petra, please. Tickling Snarls tail is distracting.

Snarls, do you like being a dragon-steed?

SNARLS: “Oh, what was the question? Oh, never mind that . . . Since it was totally my idea to become the one, and only, and first ever, dragon steed . . . YES!I love my job. It was all my idea. I mentioned that, right?”

KLT: Readers know you are a fantastic cook. When not working as Petra’s steed, or as the chef-extraordinaire of the Kingdom of Pen Pieyu, what do you do to relax?

SNARLS: “I really like being near food, so I’m always happy to do more cooking and barbequing—I am the royal chef at the castle too. On my days off from cooking and steeding, I really enjoy rolling around in the mud. Mud is goopy and silky smooth. And it does wonders for scaly scales. But I have to be careful to clean off all the mud between my toes so Petra doesn’t find any. Petra either doesn’t like muddy toes or she thinks I like her picking mud out of my toes. And just for the record, I am fine with MANLY muddy toes.”

PETRA: Hello!!!!!” Book 3 Illustration 1

KLT: Petra? Did you want to say something?

PETRA: “I’m sitting right here, Snarls.”

KLT: Yes, you are. Now, Snarls, Onions. King Longstride demands all knight-wannabes empty the onion room—by eating the onions—before deemed fit for knighthood. What is so darn important about onions?

SNARLS: “Well, as you all know, King Longstride is a little bit of a scatter brain and his rules in the royal rule book don’t always make sense. He did, although, make up that rule just weeks before Petra decided she wanted to become a knight.

“KLR: “Hmmmm. Pet—

PETRA: Hello!!!!! I’m right here!

KLT: “Hi, Petra. Didn’t see ya.

SNARLS: “I was saying Petra hates onions. Strange, don’t you think?”

KLT: Strange, indeed. I don’t know why anyone would HATE a harmless vegetable, such as an onion. Onions are pretty good in most dishes. Dishes. How many plates did Petra hide onions under when she supposedly ate all those onions?

SNARLS: “No pl-ate-s. What are pl-ates?”

KLT: Never mind. I’m sure your “writer girl” took some literary license with that scene.

SNAELS: “No literary licenses, but she has the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award in Literary Arts (2112) for Sir Princess Petra.”

KLT: Speaking of Petra, on her latest Mission, (Sir Princess Petra’s Mission), Sir Bograt becomes MFA (Missing from Action) while at Hooble-Wooble Creek.

SNARLS: “Hobble-Wobble Creek.”

KLT: Right, right. I heard tell a rogue wave swept Sir Bograt down the river—

SNARLS: “Creek.”

KLT: –off on a wild CREEK-wave. Snarls, you were there. What happened? What caused this freaky wave?

SNARLS: “Ewwwww. Hobble Wobble Creek is a scary place. Rumor has it that sheep have lost ears, cow have lost tails, and the odd peasant has lost a toe or two there—you know, the kind of place a bog witch could go missing in.

“Umm, errrr. Hey, what did you hear?”

KLT: Oh, just that someone or something plopped in the riv, er creek, causing a huge cannonball-like wave, taking Sir Bograt riding a giant wave down the course of Hooble-Wooble River.

SNARLS: “Hobble-Wobble Creek.”

KLT: That’s what I said. So . . .

SNARLS: “Are you blaming me for something?” Book 3 illustration 8

KLT: Possibly.

SNARLS: “I know nothing.”

KLT: Are you sure?

SNARLS: “Nope.”

Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp. SLAM!

KLT: What was that? [Oh, really? Okay.] It seems Petra has decided to wait for you outside.

SNARLS: “It’s raining. I should take her an umbrella.”

KLT: Snarls?

SNARLS: “What? Oh, the interview. My interview. Continue.”

KLT: On this last mission, Sir Petra, Sir (now missing) Bograt, and you are to capture a notoriously feared and possibly nonexistent car-panther, bringing it back to King Longstride. We know when not a steed, you can be found in the castle kitchen, just off the royal court, where the king and queen do whatever kings and queens do when sitting on a throne. Voices carry.

SNARLS: “I did overhear something, but it didn’t make sense.”

KLT: Did you hear what the King wants with a fear inducing car-panther?

SNARLS: “I heard the king and queen whispering about the usefulness of car-panthers and how the kingdom should acquire one to CLEAN UP the castle before the next shingding. Then Bograt blabbed about the notorious dragon-eating car-panthers. Well! You can see where I’m coming from when I thought the whole thing was to get rid of me.

“You can see that, right?”

KLT: Maybe Bograt is just upset about Wobble-Cobble Creek.

SNARLS: “Hobble-Wobble Creek.”

KLT: Let’s finish with 5 quick questions.

Favorite person (other than Petra), at Kingdom Pen Pieyu.
“My favorite person, next to Petra of course, would have to be Duce Craplips. He wears pink armour and he crochets—he’s such a modern-day type prince. I don’t really care for blabber-mouth Bograt, or smarty-pants Norton Nastybun.”

KLT: The same missing Bograt from Hobble-Wobble Creek?

2. Quick question two? Hurry, this is supposed to be quick! Most feared Land or Kingdom.
“The swamp lands we went through in book three were pretty nasty. As you know, I had a misfortunate event there.”

Book 3 Illustration 4

KLT: Yes, I know. At the Creek Hobbled Wobble.

SNARLS: “Geez. Hobble-Wobble Creek. And NO!

“It all had to do with Norton Smarty-Pants Nastybun! He had his puny army stick me with arrows, in my butt! Totally humiliating!!!!! It was just a totally uncalled for scene.”

3. What frightens dragon-steeds?
“Falling rocks, being chased, indigestion. You know, the usual stuff.”

4. Favorite Food.
“Onion anything.”

5. Finally, what is Today’s Chef-Extraordinaire Special?
“Crimson-crust-onion-strawberry pie

Bouillabaisse served with leek-onion soufflé

Onion Omelette Ta-Da (my specialty)”

KLT: Sounds, uh, yummy?

Snarls, thank you for stopping by. It is always a pleasure. If she’s out there, say goodbye to Petra for me.

Illustration by Samantha Kickingbird

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