Dragons in My Classroom

Dragons in My Classroom
Author: Barbara Kennard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2022-06-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 164742366X

As a young book lover with dyslexia, Barbara found the solution to her reading struggles in Miss Gluding, her first grade teacher, who showed compassion for her student’s plight—and knew how to help her. From that time on, Barbara knew what she wanted to be: a teacher, just like Miss Gluding. Unfortunately, Barbara also had some bad teachers in the years that ensued—including her sixth grade teacher, an exacting woman who called attention to Barbara’s learning disabilities in front of classmates. Still wanting to follow in Miss Gluding’s footsteps in 1964, Barbara vowed she would be a better one than her sixth grade teacher; instead, however, she became very much like her, with unattainable expectations for her students and herself. After seventeen years in the teaching profession, she realized she had to either change her teaching style or change careers. By providence, right as she stood at this crossroads, she was offered the opportunity to teach overseas at The Dragon School in Oxford, England, for a year—an opportunity she jumped at. In the year that followed, Barbara would rely on her faith in God to give up a lot of what she knew about teaching and learn to do it differently—ways that wouldn’t have room for her perfectionism. In short, she would have to begin again.

The Boy Who Painted Dragons

The Boy Who Painted Dragons
Author: Demi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2007-09-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416924698

Ping, a painter of dragons--of which he is secretly afraid--is challenged to seek the truth, find the truth, and dare to be true when he is presented with three pearls of wisdom by the Heavenly Dragon.

Dragons in a Bag

Dragons in a Bag
Author: Zetta Elliott
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524770477

The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother--but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical world where they'll be safe. There are two rules when it comes to the dragons: don't let them out of the bag, and don't feed them anything sweet. Before he knows it, Jax and his friends Vikram and Kavita have broken both rules! Will Jax get the baby dragons delivered safe and sound? Or will they be lost in Brooklyn forever? AN ALA-ALSC NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Dragons in a Bag series continues! Don't miss The Dragon Thief, and The Witch's Apprentice.

Dragon Hoops

Dragon Hoops
Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: First Second
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250783143

In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches. Gene understands stories—comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn’t get sports. As a kid, his friends called him “Stick” and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men’s varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that’s been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships. Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he’s seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn’t know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons’s lives, but his own life as well.

When a Dragon Goes to School

When a Dragon Goes to School
Author: Caryl Hart
Publisher: Magination Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9781433836985

Follows a dragon as she does her best to be good throughout her busy school day, from playing nicely to sharing her lunch to reading quietly at the end of the day.

The Different Dragon

The Different Dragon
Author: Jennifer Bryan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Bedtime
ISBN: 9780967446868

The elephent of purpose is definitely in the room, but this tale, spun by a lad and one of his two same sex parents is playful.

Dear Komodo Dragon

Dear Komodo Dragon
Author: Nancy Kelly Allen
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-02-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1643511459

Hearing is an important sense for animals’ survival. Ears give animals vital information to help them find food or listen for predators ready to attack. This continuation of Mary Holland’s award-winning Animal Anatomy and Adaptations series features a wide variety of animal ears and how animals use them. Did you know that some animals have ears on their legs? Like the eyes, mouths, legs, and tails featured in previous books, animal ears come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes—a perfect match for each animal’s needs.

Dragons

Dragons
Author: Gerrie McCall
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2012-12-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1908696842

For centuries, folk tales about dragons have fascinated children and adults alike. Dragons collects 20 of these mythical beasts from Chinese, Japanese, Babylonian, Mediterranean and Nordic mythology as well as examples from more recent fantasy literature, such as J.R.R. Tolkien’s dragon Smaug in The Hobbit.