Dragonbreath #3: Curse of the Were-wiener

by Ursula Vernon

Hardcover, 2010

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Publication

Dial Books (2010), Edition: First Edition, 208 pages

Description

When Danny Dragonbreath's best friend Wendell the iguana is bitten by one of the hot dogs from his school lunch, he begins to turn into a were-wiener.

User reviews

LibraryThing member highvoltagegrrl

This book is meant for kids a little bit younger than me, but it was still a fun read. I was able to read it quickly and it was entertaining the whole way through. I liked the format of mixing in regular novel writing along with some comic type pages mixed in. The illustrations are cute and add

something interesting to the book, especially for those that don’t like to read so much. I didn’t know what two-color illustrations were when starting this book, but it’s what the artist used through out and it was all that was needed for the pictures. (FYI Red and green were the only colors used, even though there are black & white photos as well…those don’t count as colors since it’s pen and the white space of the page.)

This is book 3 of the series and I haven’t read book 1 or 2 (Dragonbreath and Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs), but it didn’t seem to be a problem as the story stood well on it’s own. They do mention some of their previous adventures within the story, but it adds to it instead of taking away. I’d recommend this book for the pre-teen kids out there.

Reviewer: Kole for BookSake

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LibraryThing member GRgenius

This book was so much fun! I have the first book...somewhere in my "books bought but not yet read" box but well..have yet to read it, but you can definitely follow this fun adventure with no problem. Starring Danny (the -part- dragon) and Wendell (the iguana) in a most outrageous tale about what's

REALLY in that school cafeteria lunch....you always knew something was off but when it bites back, yeah, time to SERIOUSLY worry!

Fun for readers of all ages, boys and girls, animal and mineral...with it's interesting choice in color scheme and it's quirky illustrations throughout, it combines the best of a novel with a touch of comic book allure adding up to one great adventure. Once you pick it up, you won't want to put it down. Happy reading!

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LibraryThing member LemurKat

Whilst I do enjoy Ursula's quirky humour and her delightful illustrations, I did not enjoy this story as much as the earlier ones. Maybe because of the share ludicricty of being bitten by a hotdog and then developing fur - hotdogs don't have fur! Anyway, it's a hoot - with some outrageously crazy

moments - including giant potato salads and hoards of rats, so I imagine it shall be most appreciated by the younger audience it is intended for.

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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Cute, silly. Danny is a funny mix of genre-savvy and ignorant kid - "potato salad is the mortal enemy of hot dogs" and "What's a minion?" I'm surprised he's never run into the word in his games or comic books. The story is quite silly...except where it's not, and turns almost scary. Not quite,

mostly because Danny takes everything so - not exactly calmly, but matter-of-factly. Fun read, though I doubt I'll bother to re-read.

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