**Fans of How to Train Your Dragon will love this whimsical tale, the
first in a series, by a Newbery Honor winner, featuring charming
illustrations and pet "training tips" in each chapter.
**
Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly
enough, Winnie seems to think Miss Drake is her pet--a ridiculous
notion!
Unknown to most of its inhabitants, the City by the Bay is home to many
mysterious and fantastic creatures, hidden beneath the parks, among the
clouds, and even in plain sight. And Winnie wants to draw every new
creature she encounters: the good, the bad, and the ugly. But Winnie's
sketchbook is not what it seems. Somehow, her sketchlings have been set
loose on the city streets! It will take Winnie and Miss Drake's combined
efforts to put an end to the mayhem . . . before it's too late.
This refreshing debut collaboration by Laurence Yep, a two-time Newbery
Honor winner and a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner, and Joanne Ryder
features illustrations by Mary GrandPré.
**Praise for A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans
***"Warm humor, magical mishaps, and the main characters' budding
mutual respect and affection combine to give this opener for a planned
series a special shine." -Booklist, Starred
"Aternately comical, suspenseful and sometimes sweetly emotional."
-Kirkus Reviews
"With a black-and-white spot illustration opening most chapters, an
engaging narrator, and a consistently fluid writing style, this title
makes a fine dragon choice for readers." -School Library Journal
"In this series launch, Yep and Ryder conjure up a world where dragons
and humans interact, and the results are heartwarming and quite funny."
-Publishers Weekly
"A clever and amusing novel that imagines a magical world that nestles
right up against our own and sometimes crosses over." -The Bulleting of
the Center for Children's Books
**Praise for *A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter
***"Yep and Ryder keep the magic coming with their whimsical fantasy,
enhanced by Grandpré's sweet drawings. The story positively vibrates
with fun." --Kirkus Reviews
" Lighthearted episodes of unusual school lessons and field trips,
illustrated by GrandPré's winsome spot art, are grounded by Miss Drake's
more serious encounters with the goons...a gratifying development as
this buoyant, fantastical series continues."--The Horn Book Review
