Dragonbreath+(Horn)

Page created by Laura Horn

Vernon, U. (2009). //Dragonbreath.// New York, NY: Penguin.

Book Cover found July 18, 2011 on http://jennygadget.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/dragonbreath.jpg

=Summary:= Danny Dragonbreath struggles with being the only dragon in an all-amphibian school. He's struggling to show his dad he's serious about breathing fire (he's trying, it's just not working yet). However, he isn't quite so diligent when it comes to school. He waits until the last minute to complete a science report and ends up failing. He should go research in the library, but where's the fun in that? Looking for a better way to complete his ocean report, he leads his friend Wendell to the adventure of a lifetime as they get up-close and personal with ocean life.

=Online Links:= Author's website: @http://ursulavernon.com/

Specific link for the Dragonbreath series: @http://ursulavernon.com/node/8

Book Trailer: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEyZXGjFxz4

Lesson Plans: @http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/youngreaders/teachers-librarians/tl-guides.html (there's a pdf file - 8 pages - over Dragonbreath)

Information about the ocean: @http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/oceanlife/index.htm

=Discussion Questions:=
 * 1) Choose between Danny and Wendell. Which one would you rather be friends with? Why?
 * 2) Describe a time when you worked really hard at something and couldn't do it. How did it make you feel? Do you think that's how Danny feels about being able to breathe fire?
 * 3) Pretend you are Danny's teacher. How would you have handled his report?

=Classroom Activity:= Taken from @http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/youngreaders/teachers-librarians/tl-guides.html

Danny’s school lunch springs to life as mutant potato salad. Write and illustrate a short story about your lunch coming to life and taking over your school cafeteria. It can be in comic book form or a traditional story with illustrations - you choose the format.