Status
Available
Series
Publication
Dial Books (2010), Edition: Illustrated, 208 pages
Description
When Suki the salamander--the new foreign exchange student--is being stalked by ninja frogs, Danny, Wendell the iguana, and Suki travel to Great-grandfather Dragonbreath's home in mythical Japan to find a solution for the problem.
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LibraryThing member booksandwine
Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon is an incredibly quick MG read. Basically it's about this dragon named Danny who has a BFF named Wendell. Danny is enamoured by kung fu movies and ninjas. A new lizard, Suki, comes to town as part of an exchange program. Wendell gets a crush
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on Suki. Suki, however, is more than she appears, whether she likes it or not.To be quite honest, I think this book would resonate well with kids who loved Diary of a Wimpy Kid, except for unlike Greg, Danny seems to really care about his friends. As an adult, I laughed out loud at one scene of the book, where the great-grandfather dragon is meeting Wendell, and he keeps calling Wendell by the name of Wanda. I don't know, I'm really 12 on the inside I swear, since I kept cracking up. Aside from that, I would probably have giggled at the other stuff, had I been a bit younger.While I didn't exactly love this book, I do see it as being a wonderful book to push on the reluctant reading crowd. Show Less
LibraryThing member lauriebrown54
The Dragonbreath series is written for grade schoolers, but I’ve followed the author’s ‘Digger’ strip on the web and seen some of her other art, so when I saw the library had this book, I picked it up. It’s a well written and adorably illustrated (Vernon does both the writing and
Danny Dragonbreath (who is, obviously, a dragon) is alarmed when his best friend, Wendell, becomes friends with a *girl*. As one may remember from grade school, girls and boys think the opposite sex have cooties at that age. But Suki, who is a Japanese salamander exchange student, is having trouble- she’s being stalked by ninja frogs. Danny and Wendell must rescue Suki- but Suki isn’t some shy, retiring princess who sits and waits for rescue; she’s perfectly capable of fighting for herself.
Despite being a series, the story is totally self contained. While some reference is made to things that happened in the book before, you don’t have to know them to get what’s happening. The ends are tied up neatly at the end of the book. There is nothing scary to the story; it’s light, humorous adventure with goofy kids as the main characters that I suspect a lot of human kids can identify with.
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illustrating) adventure story. Danny Dragonbreath (who is, obviously, a dragon) is alarmed when his best friend, Wendell, becomes friends with a *girl*. As one may remember from grade school, girls and boys think the opposite sex have cooties at that age. But Suki, who is a Japanese salamander exchange student, is having trouble- she’s being stalked by ninja frogs. Danny and Wendell must rescue Suki- but Suki isn’t some shy, retiring princess who sits and waits for rescue; she’s perfectly capable of fighting for herself.
Despite being a series, the story is totally self contained. While some reference is made to things that happened in the book before, you don’t have to know them to get what’s happening. The ends are tied up neatly at the end of the book. There is nothing scary to the story; it’s light, humorous adventure with goofy kids as the main characters that I suspect a lot of human kids can identify with.
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LibraryThing member LemurKat
I love Ursula's writing - she's such a hoot! The Dragonbreath series are great, quick reads for young readers, and should particularly be enjoyed by boys. I love the random facts interspersed through the story and Urusla's sense of humour really appeals to me. She's an awesome artist too - and the
In this adventure, daredevil Danny Dragonbreath and his sensible friend Wendall take the bus to Mythological Japan in an attempt to help their new friend Suki, who has a problem. A Ninja problem.
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quirky illustrations interspersed with the text really bring the story to life.In this adventure, daredevil Danny Dragonbreath and his sensible friend Wendall take the bus to Mythological Japan in an attempt to help their new friend Suki, who has a problem. A Ninja problem.
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LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
Danny and Wendell make friends with Suki Salamander. Ninjas are after Suki and the trio goes to see Danny's grandfather for help. This one felt less lessony then the previous book. I really liked the story, it totally made me laugh which was just what I needed.
LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
Danny and Wendell make friends with Suki Salamander. Ninjas are after Suki and the trio goes to see Danny's grandfather for help. This one felt less lessony then the previous book. I really liked the story, it totally made me laugh which was just what I needed.
LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
Danny and Wendell make friends with Suki Salamander. Ninjas are after Suki and the trio goes to see Danny's grandfather for help. This one felt less lessony then the previous book. I really liked the story, it totally made me laugh which was just what I needed.
LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
Danny and Wendell make friends with Suki Salamander. Ninjas are after Suki and the trio goes to see Danny's grandfather for help. This one felt less lessony then the previous book. I really liked the story, it totally made me laugh which was just what I needed.
LibraryThing member Kaethe
Danny learns that girls are also people, and that not everyone wants to be a ninja.Foreign exchange student Suki learns that the local bus will take one anywhere, including mythical Japan, which is really good public transportation.
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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
Amusing. I didn't think much of the first book in this series; this one is less annoying, though Danny is still an idiot in many ways (bubbling over about ninja frogs, for instance). But interesting characters, neat events (I loved the crane - both times), an amusing and interesting plot, and a
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reasonable ending (neither perfectly pat nor with lots of loose ends waving about). Yeah, I'll read another Dragonbreath story...sometime. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2010
Physical description
7.31 inches
ISBN
0803733658 / 9780803733657