This was definitely the craziest book by now! For anyone who has read the previous two books, it is no secret that the food in Danny and Wendell's school cafeteria is no good.

I’d recommend this book for the pre-teen kids out there.įollow Just A Girl High On Books for more reviews. They do mention some of their previous adventures within the story, but it adds to it instead of taking away. 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. (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.) 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. The illustrations are cute and add something interesting to the book, especially for those that don’t like to read so much. I liked the format of mixing in regular novel writing along with some comic type pages mixed in.

I was able to read it quickly and it was entertaining the whole way through. Ages 8-12.This book is meant for kids a little bit younger than me, but it was still a fun read. But scattered amusing snippets don't quite keep the tale afloat. Guided by Danny's sea serpent cousin, Edward, the two encounter creatures like an octopus that can become polka-dotted or striped, ''mermen'' guarding Atlantis and a vampire squid that emits ''a cloud of glowing snot.'' (They also learn about the bends, which Edward equates to ''shaking a can of soda, only inside your body.'') Illustrated with comic book-style art with a lime-green wash, the story gets some spark from wry asides presented in speech balloons (''Why couldn't you have gone to the library instead?'' wails Wendell as a giant squid approaches). To research the topic, Danny and his pal Wendell, a timid iguana, head for the Sargasso Sea. After Danny Dragonbreath gets an F on his science paper about the ocean-written at the last-minute on the school bus and describing ''the rare and elusive snorkelbat''-his teacher tells him to rewrite it. Vernon's (Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a Somewhat Brave Shrew) fiction/graphic novel hybrid stars an audacious young dragon who can't get the knack of breathing fire.

Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon