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Dragon Books For Children

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Dragon Books For Children.  It’s a tough genre to write in. There are thousands of fantasy kids books that are also books with dragons in them.  Here is a list of some books with dragons that have a 5 star rating on Amazon.

I am a children’s book author and dragon book author, and I know well how fierce the competition is for good books fantasy. Fierce, like some dragons themselves.

My dragon books for children have a lovable and endearing dragon. It is the third one listed below. Sir Princess Petra, has won two major awards in children fantasy.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin

A Practical Guide to Dragons (Practical Guides) Lisa Trumbauer

Sir Princess Petra (Pen Pieyu Adventures) Diane Mae Robinson

Fablehaven: The Complete Series Brandon Mull

How to Train Your Dragon: How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm Cressida Cowell

I hope you have a chance to check out these dragon books for children. 

Visit the Kids Page for the free download coloring book of Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Peiyu Adventures. Read more about Diane’s dragon books for children series: www.dragonbooks.com

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Award winning author Diane Mae Robinson been chosen as a finalist for ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’. In addition she recently received six 5 star reviews for her latest children’s book entitled ‘Sir Princess Petra’. The fantasy fiction work has received a number of high-level awards and has been called a ‘fantasy adventure that is sure to become a timeless classic’.

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Award Winning Author Diane Mae Robinson Receives Six 5 Star Reviews And Is Chosen As Finalist For ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’

Robinson’s honor came as the result of her appearance on The Authors Show in which she discussed her newest children’s book, ‘Sir Princess Petra’. Written in the tradition of C. S. Lewis and reminiscent of ‘Shrek’, reviewers have labeled the award winning book a ‘fantasy adventure that is sure to become a timeless classic.’

[October 30, 2012, St. Paul, Alberta, Canada] Canadian author Diane Mae Robinson has been chosen as a finalist for ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’. During her appearance on The Authors Show she discussed her latest work entitled ‘Sir Princess Petra’. ‘Sir Princess Petra’, the first book in the Pen Pieyu adventures, 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.The book has received a number of high-level book awards including second place in Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for Children’s Chapter Book. It was awarded 5 stars by Readers Favorite and Robinson was awarded the Lieutenant Governor Of Alberta Arts Emerging Artists Awards for Children’s Book Author. She was chosen as a finalist for ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’. In addition to these she has also recently received six 5 star reviews from Readers Favorite.”It is a great honor,” Robinson stated, “to be a finalist for the ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’. And receiving six 5 star reviews in a row has given me faith that I am on the right path in creating entertaining stories for children.”Dragon books are one of the most popular segments of fantasy fiction and children’s books in today’s marketplace. Here, in this fantasy fiction work, Robinson uses the dragon books concept as the background to teaching young people traditional values. In the story line, Princess Petra’s unusual birthday request to become a royal knight sends the royal court into a frenzy. But when she agrees to undertake a knight’s quest, not even the royal rulebook, with its list of outrageous knight deeds, can dissuade her. Armed with a cake knife and a suit of the best royal pots and pans, Petra chooses to hush the howling dragon, Snarls, in the Forest of Doom and win her real armour. Ms. Robinson’s highly praised work demonstrates that dragon books can be something much more than dragon books.”Snarls is a dragon,” continued Robinson, “that every reader will love: he is witty, comical, and endearing.  He may even set a new standard for dragons in dragon books.”Ms Robinson is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at robinsond@mscnet.ca. More information, including reviews, information for teachers and librarians and a special children’s section is available at her website. ‘Sir Princess Petra’ is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Tate Publishing.About Diane Mae Robinson:Diane Mae Robinson has a journalism diploma from the Schools of Montreal, and an advanced diploma from the Institute of Children’s Literature in Connecticut.  She is also an artist, and teaches acrylic and watercolor art to children. She lives with her husband, Allen, in a small hilltop castle near St. Paul, Alberta.  They have four dogs and three horses, along with a forest inhabited by gnomes, fairies, a princess, and a dragon. This magical forest is where Diane creates her characters and gets the inspiration for her
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Another 5 Star Review For Sir Princess Petra

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Rating: 5.0 starsReviewed by Author Anna del C. Dye for Readers Favorite          “Sir Princess Petra” is a cute story for elementary school girls that will entertain them to no end. It is a well-presented and written book that will delight kids and their parents. “Sir Princess Petra” has nice drawings that will help your brain enjoy the tale more fully. I enjoyed the story and the fine work done by the author. This book is part of a new well-crafted series to collect and read with your children. Petra is a princess and her father is going to grant her a wish. She thinks and thinks until she finds her perfect desire. Petra would like to become a trusted and brave knight. Her parents try to persuade her to change her mind, but she does not. Even the book of rules can’t stop her from becoming the first princess knight in their kingdom. So, she goes on her quest alone, armed with a knife and a sack of onions. Her armor is made of pots and pans, because nothing in the royal armory fits her. Yet, she is brave and bold even after the hawks, bees, and dragons try to chase her back home. No, not even the crocodile can divert her from her path to knighthood.

The ‘Pen Pieyu Adventures’, of which “Sir Princess Petra” is one of the books, will provide hours of good, clean reading for your elementary school children. It is well-conceived and nicely written for their age level. I would recommend it for elementary school children, their teachers and parents alike. Well done.

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All About Snarls, The Dragon

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Dragons are just cool!

I have always loved dragons in books, movies, or where ever I happen to come across them. Hence, I write adventure/fantasy books for kids that has a dragon in the stories.

Snarls is the dragon. He is a secondary character in my series, The Pen Pieyu Adventure.

Snarls, being good.

When the reader is first introduced to Snarls, the howling dragon in the Forest of Doom, in book one, he is portrayed as many of his kinfolk: a howling, mean, fire-breathing, eye- brow singing menace.

But, alas, he is not really that way. He just got a bad rap due to the reputations of some other bad dragons in some other people’s books.

Once the reader gets to know Snarls and gives him a chance, just as Petra the main character of the series did, I’m pretty sure they will quite like him.

In fact, Petra and Snarls are the best of friends now. Which goes to show, if you treat a dragon right, good things can come of it.

Petra and Snarls go through the series having the best adventures. They do get into some zany, and somewhat scary, situations though. But  they make a great team and together they can get through anything. And Snarls, with his witty comments, makes the adventure stories that much more fun.

Here are some little known facts about Snarls:

1. He loves to cook.

2. His birthday is Oct 23rd.

3.He carries a resume.

4.Snarls lives in the Forest of Doom near Dragon Mountain. It sound scary at first, but you must know all the facts .His last name is Doom. So the Forest of Doom isn’t quite as scary once you know that the forest belongs to the Doom family and is not a forest full of doom.

5. He loves shiny, sliver things. Petra gave him her makeshift pots and pans armour in book one, and he polishes it daily.

6. His fire breathing doesn’t always work properly—when he get’s nervous, he lets out uncontrollable surges of fire, and when he is trying to be scary, he just huffs out wads of something that looks like shredded parchment.

7. He is somewhat of a scaredy-cat of a dragon, but if he feels he must protect Petra (Petra, the Princess Knight, usually never needs protecting), he summons up courage and shows his brave side.

Snarls has become quite the charismatic character in this series, and he has started to receive fan mail. Yes, fan mail to a dragon. I will post his first fan mail letter next week. Very, very interesting, indeed.

If you would like to know more about Snarls and the other characters in this adventure series, go here: http://www.dragonsbook.com/for-kids.html  There is a free coloring book to download also.

The Pen Pieyu Adventures is a four book adventure/fantasy series with zany characters and lots of humor. Book one, Sir Princess Petra was released January, 2012. Book 2, Sir Princess Petra’s Talent is forthcoming January, 2013. I am presently working on book three.

To read the reviews for Sir Princess Petra, go here: http://www.dragonsbook.com/reviews.html