The Last Dragon
Jane Yolen, illustrated by Rebecca Guay
ISBN: 9781616558741
Read August 15, 2016
An introduction by Neil Gaiman is sweet, but unnecessary for this sweet and delightfully traditional dragon slaying fairy tale.
Once upon a time there was an island that was plagued by dragons, who just adored eating people. Apparently we taste good. The folk banded together and slayed them all. Now it's hundreds of years later, and dragons are a faded memory - all dead, all gone. Until one final egg hatches, and a new dragon begins to grow up in the woods, all fire and hatred and appetite.
We join a healer's family and a pair of young boys searching for a hero, all desperate to save their town from this re-born threat from the past.
The art is beautiful, the characters are individualized as much as possible given the short length of the story, and a sweet little romance doesn't detract from the plot to destroy the dragon and save the townsfolk.
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