Sir
Princess Petra has already proven she is a kind and noble knight. This,
however, does not please the king and queen—they want her to behave
like a princess and forget this silly knight nonsense of hers!
But when
the king writes a new rule in the royal rule book that requires her to
attend Talent School and acquire a princess talent certificate or suffer
the spell of the royal magician, Petra, reluctantly, agrees to go. But
who could have guessed what Sir Princess Petra’s Talent would be?
Most people who enjoy reading do so because of their love for stories, real or imagined. It is indeed rare to find a person who loves reading who also delights in breaking sentences down into their grammatical parts. Fortunately for young knights and princesses, author Diane Mae Robinson has addressed the subject of grammar in a way that will help kids (and even adults) enjoy the topic. Imagine studying syntax in the context of fire-breathing dragons, ogres and the like. In Robinson’s The Dragon Grammar Book readers are introduced to terminology before diving into meatier topics such as dangling prepositions in this enchanting book which ends with dragon grammar skill tests to help youngsters assess what they’ve learned. Recommended for home and school libraries, The Dragon Grammar Book has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval. LITERARY CLASSICS Book Awards & Reviews International Book Awards • Top Honors Youth Book Awards • Seal of Approval https://clcreviews.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-dragon-grammar-book-earns-literary.html
The Dragon Grammar Book – Grammar for Kids, Dragons, and the Whole Kingdom wins two top gold awards, Gold medal in Chapter Books/Middles Grades and Lumen Award for Literary Excellence: http://www.clcawards.org/2018_Award_Winning_Books.html
Literary Classics Top Honors Gold Book Awards honoring excellence in literature for children and young adults Literary Classics Lumen Book Awards honoring excellence in literature for children and young adults
2018 Four-Time Gold Medal Winning Book in Children’s Education. Finally!
An easy-to-understand English grammar book with fun grammar lessons for
middle grades and up. An excellent education reference for classroom
and homeschool grammar lessons.
The Dragon Grammar Book
is the perfect grammar study guide to help readers learn the rules of
grammar and improve language art skills with ease and enjoyment. From multi-award-winning children’s fantasy author, Diane Mae Robinson, The Dragon Grammar Book
provides a fun and engaging approach to learning English grammar
through easy-to-follow lessons, humorous example sentences, and chapter
quizzes to conquer all those tricky grammar rules.
Easy-To-Understand Lessons organized to gradually build on the basic grammar rules toward an intermediate level.
Engaging ExamplesSentences explain each grammar rule through a humorous and creative writing style.
An Expansive Resource
of grammar terminology, confusing words, punctuation rules, types of
sentences and proper structure, parts of speech, verb agreement, and
more.
Quizzes with Answer Keys reinforce each lesson before proceeding to the next lesson.
Featuring the zany fantasy characters in the author’s international-award-winning The Pen Pieyu Adventures series, The Dragon Grammar Book is sure to be enjoyed by kids, teens, young adults, and the whole kingdom.
“Oriented toward pragmatic, real-world usage, The Dragon Grammar Book is a great resource for kids, their teachers, and anyone else who’d like to know more about language and how to use it. Most highly recommended.”–Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite. 2018 Book Excellence Awards, 1st Place Winner, Education & Academics. 2018 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards, Gold Winner, Children-Education. 2018 Literary Classics International Book Awards, Gold Winner, Educational Books. 2018 Lumen Award for Literary Excellence.
SOUTH DAKOTA – The 2018 Literary Classics International Book Award recipients have been announced. Selected from submissions by entrants around the globe, these distinguished honorees are recognized for their contributions to the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing exceptional literature for a youth audience. In this highly competitive industry, these books represent the foremost in literature in their respective categories.
The competition this year was extremely impressive and we congratulate all honorees for their outstanding and inspiring work. All Silver, Gold and Top Honors award recipients will be invited to attend a writers’ conference, awards ceremony, gala, and other related events in Rapid City, South Dakota, to be held in conjunction with the Great American Book Festival, May 10-12, 2018.
The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize this year’s titles in literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics selection committee.
Top Honors Award recipients are listed below. For a complete listing of Literary Classics International Book Awards all awards, categories levels, please visit the Literary Classics Book Awards 2018 Book Awards Listing
TOP HONORS BOOK AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Enchanted Page Book Award
Monsters
Arlo Guthrie
Illustrated by Kathy Garren
Rising Son International, Ltd.
Arlo Guthrie, Top Honors Book Award, Monsters, Children’s Picture Book
Tradition continues with the arrival of one of the most anticipated moments in the world of children’s and young adult literature. The 2018 Literary Classics Book Award Finalists and Top Honors Book Awards Finalists have been announced. Selected from submissions by entrants around the globe, these distinguished honorees are recognized for their contributions to the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing exceptional literature for a youth audience. In this highly competitive industry these books represent the foremost in literature in their respective categories.
The competition this year was tremendous, and we congratulate all of the finalists for their outstanding and inspiring work. Final awards, categories and levels will be announced on November 15, 2018. All Silver, Gold and Top Honors award recipients will be invited to attend a writers’ conference, awards ceremony, formal gala, and authors’ book signing to be held in conjunction with the Great American Book Festival, May 10, 11 & 12, 2019.
The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize this year’s titles in literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics award selection committee.
Diane Mae Robinson is a multi-award-winning children’s fantasy author that has written over 6 books. She has emerged as an amazingly fresh voice in children’s literature, with reviewers labelling her work as enchanting, delightful and timeless. Through her writing, Diane’s mission is to inspire children to believe in the magic within themselves, realize their potential and accomplish great things. A multi-faceted talent, Diane is also an artist, editor and writing instructor.
Diane’s latest release, The Dragon Grammar Book, was named a Book Excellence Award Winner in 2018 in the Education & Academics category. The Dragon Grammar Book is an easy-to-follow grammar study guide that provides readers with a fun and engaging approach to learning grammar. With practical lessons, humorous examples and chapter quizzes, this book is the perfect education reference for kids, teens and young adults.
Challenges as an Author
Tasked with the challenge of successfully launching her next book, Diane was looking for a way to set it apart from the rest.
“My biggest challenge in marketing was to gain exposure and stand out from the competition.”
Diane wanted to ensure her book was recognized among the right audiences so she could achieve her goal of making grammar easier to understand in a fun way.
To make her mark in the industry, Diane also knew it was important to increase her credibility as a writing instructor and editor.
To help differentiate herself, Diane turned to book awards. She selected the Book Excellence Awards program for its reputation in the literary world.
“The Book Excellence Awards Program is definitely the most reputable awards program out there.”
Becoming a Book Excellence Award Winner
When Diane received the news that she had won a Book Excellence Award, she was filled with enthusiasm.
“Yahoo! I was extremely excited.”
The Book Excellence Awards helped Diane gain the credibility and visibility she was looking for.
“As a winner in the 2018 Book Excellence Awards, I have gained exposure and recognition, which has resulted in more book sales and hype over social media…my book, as well as my author name, have gained a great reputation for excellence in writing.”
Diane’s Success
Diane’s success as an author is a testament to her ability to find the magic in everyday life, and bring that magic to life in her words.
Many of her books have become best-sellers, with The Dragon Grammar Book catapulting to #1 on Amazon in the Teens/Language Arts category.
The book has also received many five-star, glowing reviews stating:
“With clear examples and fun activities, this book is a must-have for readers and aspiring writers.”
Diane has also been featured in numerous newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and blog interviews including the Authors Show, Blog Talk Radio, Women of Wisdom, Kids Lit Reviews, The Write Stuff and more.
A magnetic presenter, Diane has done numerous author presentations for schools, libraries and conferences.
To get in touch with Diane, you can visit her website and social media profiles. To purchase The Dragon Grammar book, visit Amazon.
LitPick Student Reviews made this funky book trailer for The Dragon Grammar Book. I’ve worked with LitPick Student Reviews a few times, and their services are great. I love that the books are actually reviewed by students. The students do a great job of writing an extensive review. Thank you, Jonny and Ampster.
Here’s the two reviews.
Review by Jonny, age 12, 5 stars.
The Dragon Grammar Book by Diane Mae Robinson is a clearly written, informative book of grammar for anyone ages 12 and up. It begins with an explanation of the author’s purpose for this project and a list of important definitions that should help readers understand the grammar and punctuation rules that are well-organized into ten chapters.
To keep the book from feeling too much like a formal grammar book, each chapter begins with happy, light-hearted drawings of the characters from The Pen Pieyu Adventures series written by the same author. When they are compared with each other, the characters in the pictures seem to tell a fun story of their own about how grammar and punctuation might seem frightening at first but can be studied and learned. With an easy to understand book like this one, anyone can forget about it being a boring subject, and they can get excited about finally understanding how grammar and punctuation rules work.
Opinion:
The Dragon Grammar Book is a handy book to have around!
In this book, the rules are explained very well, and they have simple, sometimes silly, sample sentences about a kingdom with dragons in it. Most of the sentences show readers how to set up grammar and punctuation correctly, but in a few of the sections, sentences are labeled with (Wrong). This helps readers see common mistakes that anyone can make. The “Test Your Knowledge” sections and two tests also give readers opportunities to check how much they learned from the book. Much of each test comes from the sample sentences, so readers can review explanations in the chapters again if they can’t quite remember how to set up the sentences. The book ends with a few character sketches and positive feedback from others about the author’s Pen Pieyu series, so if readers enjoyed the theme in this book, they might decide to read those books too.
Grammar is usually hard to understand, but Ms. Robinson has made a difficult subject easy and interesting to learn. She explains why correct sentences are set up exactly the way they are, how some of the sentences are written incorrectly, and what to do to fix the mistake. When I first started studying grammar, I didn’t like it because many of the rules were complicated and didn’t make sense to me. This book has cleared up most of my confusion and has helped me see the purpose of learning to follow grammar and punctuation rules properly. I think reading this book will even help me be a better writer because it has helped me understand more about the parts of speech and how they work together with punctuation. Now I can set up my own sentences correctly more often and make sure they express the exact meaning that I want.
Petra and Snarls are back for more in the Pen Pieyu Adventures. This time, they are tackling something fun and incredibly challenging: grammar. Join them and the rest of human and dragon kind in a quest to discover the secrets of words: their usage, spelling, and which punctuation goes with them. Written in second person, this book instructs you of the dos and don’ts of grammar and the English language. With exciting examples to engage readers, you won’t want to miss out of this enjoyable, easy-to-understand, educational book.
Opinion:
The Dragon Grammar Book was an easy-to-read informative book that I thoroughly enjoyed. Though this book was about grammar, which is not my favorite subject in school, the author, Diane Mae Robinson, did keep me engaged most of the time. It’s meant to be a reference book on grammar, not a story to be read in one sitting.
After reading the Pen Pieyu series, I fell in love with Petra and Snarls. Their unique personalities were portrayed perfectly and just as I remembered them. That was enough to keep me smiling throughout this entire book. It was an enjoyable book that kept me entertained.
The facts in this book were spot on, and I learned a lot about grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules. As an educational book to look up some quick English facts, this is perfect. And I must say that after studying this book, I’m absolutely positive I’ll ace my next grammar test. Any elementary or middle schooler who reads this will, too.
Free Teacher’s Lesson Plan (Elementary, Grade 4, Language Arts) Available From Multi-Award Winning Children’s Book Author Diane Mae Robinson
The author’s award-winning work Sir Princess Petra (book #1 in The Pen Pieyu Adventures multi-award winning series) teaches children valuable life lessons through engaging fiction. The no-cost teacher’s lesson plan was developed by an elementary school teacher. The general outcome of the lesson plan: students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
Sir Princess Petra features surprising plot twists and turns, brilliant flashes of humor, zany characters and is rooted in timeless values that shine through the charismatic main character. It is written in the tradition of C. S. Lewis and is reminiscent of ‘Shrek’. Reviewers have labeled the award winning book a ‘fantasy adventure that is sure to become a timeless classic.’
“In writing children’s literature,” Robinson stated, “I strive to engage the young reader in a fun and interesting way through the adventures of my characters. It is also important to me that the moral lessons about kindness, acceptance, understanding, and believing in oneself, are brought out through my character’s actions.”
Reviewers on Goodreads stated, ‘This is a book that should be in lots of classrooms. I think it is a good book to help children understand that everything is not as it first seems.’ Another reviewer stated, ‘Cloaked in a fantasy work of knights, kings, and dragons that will engulf children into the story, the moral lessons imparted are refreshingly neither preachy nor boring. Petra’s breath of fresh air personality makes her an exceptional role model for children to admire and to imitate in the real situations of fear, new people, challenges, and goals in their own lives.”
While dragon books are one of the most popular segments of fantasy fiction and children’s books in today’s marketplace, in these fantasy fiction books, Robinson uses the dragon books concept as the background to teaching young people traditional values. Ms. Robinson’s highly praised work demonstrates that dragon books can be something much more than just books about dragons.
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The Hungry Monster Book Awards are given to books that have astounded and amazed us with unique writing styles, vivid worlds, complex characters, and original ideas. These books deserve extraordinary praise and The Hungry Monster is proud to acknowledge the hard work, dedication, and imagination of these talented authors.
Books have the ability to entertain and inform us. They can make the impossible possible. They are vehicles of time travel and windows into perspectives. In books, authors are gods and imagination is their power. Transforming letters into words; words into characters and places; and these into emotions and worlds. Even if we never meet, we are connected by the stories we tell.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.”
There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
No word in the English language rhymes with month,orange, silver, or purple.
The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.
Hetronyms are words spelled the same as another but having different sounds and different meanings, as lead (to conduct) andlead (a metal).
Homographs are words with the same written form as another but different meanings, whether pronounced the same way or not, as row (an argument) and row (paddle the oars) and row (a straight line).
The dragon wound the cloth around the wound on his leg.
He could still lead the knights if he could get the thick lead door opened.
The king had to refuse the dumping of more refuse.
The princess did not object to the shiny object the dragon brought her.
The royal carpenter built the door to close to the window—it would not close.
The royal chef had a tear in his apron and a tear in his eye.
Upon arrival, the royal dove dove through the window.
Deserting his dessert in the desert was not in the plan.
The soldiers got in a row as they tried to straighten the row whilerowing.
The kingdom’s gardener was summoned to produce lots ofproduce, or else.
The bass tuba had an etching of a bass on it’s stem.
The prince, even in his present state, was to present the present to the princess.
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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
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.
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Snarls and characters in Sir Princess Petra’s Talent (book2)
The only similarity I see in Snarls as compared to the green dragon of folklore is that Snarls does live in the forest–The Forest of Doom–and he is green. The Forest of Doom does sound scary, but the forest is named The Forest of Doom because it belongs to the Doom Family. Snarls’s full name is, Snarls Lotsapuff Doom.
Snarls in Sir Princess Petra’s Mission (book 3)
Snarls the dragon has actually been described as: “endearing”, “lovable”, “my favorite character in dragon books for children”, “hilarious”, and “cute”.
Learn more about Snarls and some of the other characters of these dragon books for children on the Kids PageThe Pen Pieyu Adventure where you can also download the nine-page pdf coloring book.
Dragon books for children, and the dragons that star in them, are as different as the author’s imagination.