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How to Catch a Dragon by [Adam Wallace, Andy Elkerton]

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Adam Wallace

Andy Elkerton

How to Catch a Dragon Kindle Edition

by Adam Wallace (Author), Andy Elkerton (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Part of: How to Catch (18 books)

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From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes an all-new dragon story, a great Chinese New Year book for kids!

Do you have what it takes to snag a dragon? The How to Catch kids are off again, this time trying to catch a dragon as they chase him through Chinese New Year celebrations! Set in China during the Spring Festival, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, the wily dragon will have to avoid trap after trap as the kids run through paper lanterns, red lunar envelopes, fireworks, and more!

With bonus educational content and Mandarin translations in the back to enhance your reading experience, How to Catch a Dragon is the perfect dragon book for kids ages 3-8!

Dragons are a clever bunch,

They're difficult to catch.

You'll have to set the ultimate trap-

But have you met your match?

Also in the How to Catch Series:

How to Catch a Unicorn
How to Catch a Mermaid
How to Catch a Dragon
How to Catch a Monster
How to Catch an Elf
and more!

Reading age

3 - 5 years, from customers
Print length

40 pages
Language

English
Grade level

1 - 5
Lexile measure

520L
Publisher

Sourcebooks Wonderland
Publication date

November 5, 2019
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978-1492693697
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	How to Catch a Dragon	How to Catch a Unicorn	How to Catch a Mermaid	How to Catch a Dinosaur	How to Catch a Class Pet
What’s It About	Kids try to catch a dragon during Chinese New Year celebrations!	A unicorn leads a group of kids on a wild chase through the zoo!	A mermaid tries to avoid getting captured by a group of inventive kids!	Kids try to capture a dinosaur using wacky traps!	Class pets lead the kids on a chase through the school!
Praise	"Beautiful pictures, nice story… Great for toddlers and young children." — Amazon Reviewer	“A beautiful children's hardcover book! … Cute engaging story with wonderfully colorful illustrations.” — Amazon Reviewer	“My 6 month old daughter LOVES this book... she laughs and giggles…” — Amazon Reviewer	“This book is super cute and great for young kids who love dinosaurs! I bought it for my kids and they love this book. They have read it over and over again.” — Amazon Reviewer	“This book is a great addition to any classroom.” — Stacy, Elementary Educator

Editorial Reviews

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"A fun concept." ― Publishers Weekly

"A joyful...celebration of Chinese New Year culture." ― Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

Adam Wallace is a New York Times bestselling children's writer and cartoonist living in Australia. He writes books that inspire, entertain, and amuse! From How to Draw to Gross Out to Clumsiness, there are all types for all ages.

Andy Elkerton is a children's illustrator based in the United Kingdom. His books include How to Catch an Elf, How to Catch the Tooth Fairy, and How to Catch a Leprechaun.

Brian Nishii is a multilingual Japanese narrator who has lent his voice to a wide range of projects, including over fifty audiobook titles. A specialist in East Asian themes, he enjoys telling compelling stories. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086C9QQFK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks Wonderland (November 5, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 5, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6637 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #234,050 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #28 in Children's Explore Asia Fiction
- #60 in Children's Non-religious Books
- #244 in Children's Imagination & Play Fiction

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Andy Elkerton
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Andy began his career in illustration in 2003, after spending fifteen years working as a graphic designer in the computer games industry.
Since then he has worked for a long list of clients in the fields of Picture Books, Magazines, Toy Design, Character Design, and Advertising.
He has illustrated several New York Times, USA Today, and Barnes and Noble bestselling titles, and can't think of a better job to have than being paid to doodle stuff all day long!
He lives in a small village on the West coast of Scotland with his wife and three children.
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Adam Wallace
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I am a New York Times, Amazon and USA Today Bestselling author who loves writing stories that make children laugh and get excited about reading and drawing and writing . I also love taking naps and listening to music. Not at the same time.
I have over 80 books published and out in the world, and love each one as if it were my child ... except if that child is like really naughty and always breaks my favourite things and writes bad words on the walls of our house.
None of my books are like that.
From How to Catch books to How to Draw books. From gross books to action and adventure books. From inspirational to just plain funny, there's something here for kids of all reading abilities, and all ranges of interests.
Check them out, and always feel free to get in touch at wally@adam-wallace-books.com
I would love to connect and hear your thoughts, on my books, writing, or anything else you feel like chatting about!
I personally answer each and every email ... I have to. My assistant is really slack.
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Giggles

Kid approved!

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2021

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We have quite a few of the books from Adam's How to catch series, and they never cease to amaze me more and more. Every night my kids want to read them before bed. The illustrations along with the story line are beautiful and poem like. We absolutely love them all! How to catch a dragon follows a Chinese new year, and some others in the series are mainly Christmas related or just other holidays as well. I highly suggest any of these books for kids. They did an amazing job with them and my kids think so as well! We plan on getting more of the series too.

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Roberta West

Great for little ones

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2020

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This is my granddaughters favorite book. She loves her mommy to read it over, and over. this series has been just wonderful for my grand kids. they love these books.

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L. Watts

Darling book

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022

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My grandsons love this little book, they sit on my lap while I read it to them. They ask me what the children are saying, so we make up things they might be saying. I have bought several more from this author and plan to give them to the boys as the holidays that corresponds comes up. St Patty's day, Easter, Christmas etc. I recommend them to anyone with children. Beautifully illustrated.

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2020

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Another wonderful edition to my daughter's How to Catch Series. I love the brightness of the images in the book, very appealing.

3 people found this helpful

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Alyssa

Very cool!

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2020

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This book was great for my little one. It was very neat how it taught Mandarin very subtly throughout the story.

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Amazon Customer

Fun, colorful book and story.

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2020

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My kids and I really like this author and illustrator. In this book in particular, It was neat to get a glimpse of a different culture and in the back of this book it has the story printed in English and then a foreign language, I think is Chinese.

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Torrey

Cute

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2022

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Very cute addition to the How to Catch series. We love these books and love how many different versions there are available. Great for holidays and just everyday.

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Pretty cover! Kids will pick it up first out of their books.

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020

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The cover is nice. The illustrations are a four out of five. The poetry will not appeal to youngsters though. It has no rhythm. It's awkward to read in places because the English leaves out adjectives in some places and puts adjectives in other places. Inconsistent. This causes a pause and reread over those areas. The reader must read more than two or three times to try to create their own phonetic rhyme and rhythm for the delivery of the words. Since the poetry doesn't flow and contains unfamiliar words, and inconsistent use of adjectives, the rhyming is not so well done. A well written poem flows! No special brilliance in the lanterns that was promised. in the description. The children had children other than Chinese -- with eyeglasses on. The days of the dragon were so long ago that eyeglasses were not available. Just not believable to me. I was hoping for something especially colorful in the illustrations but the hype in the description put my expectations too high.(paper lanterns, red envelopes, fireworks, and more!) The lanterns looked faded and orange. I could not see the "more" anywhere. Not for reading to my grandchildren. However, it is something they can hold, play with and turn the pages.

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Andreia

Poor story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2021

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Poor story

CF

Cultural appropriation as there are multiple inaccuracies regarding Chinese culture!

Reviewed in Canada on February 21, 2022

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Cultural appropriation as there are multiple inaccuracies regarding Chinese culture. For example, Chinese people don’t eat sticky rice, that’s Japanese!

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