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Rise of the Earth Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #1) by [Tracey West, Graham Howells]

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by Tracey West (Author), Graham Howells (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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The New York Times bestselling Dragon Masters series is "How to Train Your Dragon" meets the Dragon Slayers' Academy, and it's perfect for newly independent readers!

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This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

DRAGON MASTERS has it all! Dragons, a Dragon Stone, a king, a wizard, and magic! In the first book in this fully-illustrated series, 8-year old Drake is snatched up by King Roland's soldier and taken to the castle. He is to be trained as a Dragon Master. At the castle, he is joined by three other young Dragon Masters-in-training: Ana, Rori, and Bo. The Dragon Masters must learn how to connect with and train their dragons--and they must also uncover their dragons' special powers. Does Drake have what it takes to be a Dragon Master? What is his dragon's special power?

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6 - 8 years, from customers
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101 pages
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English
Grade level

1 - 3
Lexile measure

510L
Publisher

Scholastic Inc.
Publication date

August 26, 2014
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978-0545646239
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Gr 1–3—In this heavily illustrated chapter book series for newly independent readers, eight-year-old Drake is chosen by the magical Dragon Stone to train dragons along with three other Dragon Masters-in-training. The four students must learn to connect with their dragons and discover their unique powers. --This text refers to the library edition.

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A New York Times bestselling series!

Praise for Rise of the Earth Dragon (Dragon Masters #1):

"In this first of the Dragon Masters series, vocabularly is accessible; sentences, paragraphs, and chapters are short; and dialogue moves the story along rapidly. Black-and-white sketch-type drawings add depth to the story and feelings to the characters (both children and dragons). Emergent readers will find happy success here." -- Booklist

"The first of a new series of early chapter books, this entry is sure to attract fans. Brief chapters, large print, lots of action, attractive illustrations in every spread including a maplike panorama, an enviable protagonist -- who wouldn't want to be a Dragon Master? -- all combine to make an entertaining read. With plenty left to be resolved, the next entry will be eagerly sought after." - Kirkus Reviews

"Each page features wonderfully detailed pencil illustrations which help to support the text." -- Library Media Connection

Praise for BRANCHES books:

"These books should be considered for larger libraries wanting to enhance their easy-reader collections." -- School Library Journal

"A nice stepping stone to more advanced chapter books." -- Booklist

--This text refers to the library edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JEIDX4O
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Inc.; Illustrated edition (August 26, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 20856 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 101 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #65,225 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #39 in Children's Chapter Books (Kindle Store)
- #45 in Children's Dragon Stories
- #107 in Children's Animal Action & Adventure

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I am the bestselling author of more than 300 books for children and young adults. I currently write the New York Times bestselling Dragon Masters series for the Scholastic Branches line, and my Pixie Tricks books are coming back as a Branches series with brand new art on December 1 2020. I am also the newest author of the Heroes in Training series and am part of the Franken-Sci High creative team for Simon & Schuster. In addition, I write for the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series as Coco Simon. Some fans may know me as the author of books based on cartoons, such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago. I live in New York's Catskill mountains with my family and a variety of small animals.

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Love these Books!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 17, 2023

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This is the second time I’ve bought this series. Once for my grandson and once for my nephew. You can bet I will buy them again when the chance arises. They give even reluctant readers, an opportunity to learn to love chapter books

Perfect Series for Early Readers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2023

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My daughter loves dragons, and these books really got her interested in reading chapter books. The series is quite long (and still growing). I highly recommend them for early readers.

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Easy read chapter books.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2022

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My son likes the storyline and it is helping him with his reading.

Son loves these

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 16, 2022

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My son loves these books! They’re great for a 2nd grader. Challenging enough, but not too hard. Has some pictures and questions at the end to promote active reading.

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Broke through the reading barrier!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 11, 2022

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I had another book by this author (Parrot Ahoy) which I noticed was at my 7-year-old son's exact reading level. But he wasn't enthusiastic about it, so, based on the Amazon reviews, I decided to try this series instead. Like the other parents, I can report that he LOVED it!!!!!!! He was hooked from the first page. Then, when we were reading Book 2 to each other, and I got called away, he continued by himself, without any urging. This was a first -- usually he doesn't even look at the pictures by himself! He likes being read to, but nomally makes a fuss about having to do it. However, since then, I have caught him reading more, even taking up a book at the library and quietly going through it on his own. I am thrilled!!! I highly recommend.

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Billie from The Villages Florida

This series is the best

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2022

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My 4 year old grandson introduced this series to me. We are now in the "Dragon Masters Book Club". We FaceTime every evening and read a couple of chapters with Mom reading. We are all enjoying the stories. Just the right amount of intrigue for a 4 year old. I have enjoyed this so much I have introduced them to my 8 year old granddaughter and she is now reading them to me. Very cute stories. They get repetitive for adults after the 14th book. :)
Have fun reading with your little ones.

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Such a cute series!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 20, 2022

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Bought this as an introduction to chapter books for my 8 year old and he loves it! Off to buy the rest of the series now because we're hooked! Super cute story, and easy for little ones to read, plus each page has a picture!

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My son loves reading these books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 18, 2022

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My son doesn't love to read but he has really enjoyed reading these. They have captivated him and we don't have e to argue about him reading these books.

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Bee Ratcliffe

Our kids LOVE the Dragon Master's book series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 31, 2020

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We needed a good "first chapter" series with lots of pictures as for bedtime routine as picture books just became rather expensive. So I searched the internet and came across the recommendation for Scholastic's Dragon Masters book series.
They LOVE all the characters/dragons in the books and love guessing what each person can do and what powers the dragons have.
Whenever possible we use the Kindle edition and broadcast it to our TV via our Amazon Firebox (via wireless projection) so that everyone can see the text and the pictures. Unfortunately not all the books are available for Amazon Kindle, so some books we had to buy as hard paper and we are running out of space in our bookshelves as we have sooo many books, so we prefer electronic copies. Electronic copies also allow us to share it onto their Amazon Fire tablets for kids.
Again, LOVED by all of our kids and we have different ages and grasp of the world. Unfortuantely we have read ALL the books available and now have to wait until March 2021 until the next book comes out.

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Perfect first chapter book to read yourself (similar to ORT level 9/10/11) or be read to.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 9, 2018

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My son reads oxford reading tree at school but we wanted stories to read at home he could really get into, and this was perfect. In terms of difficulty the book is similar to oxford reading tree level 10. The chapters are a manageable size and there isn't too much text on each page so isn't too intimidating for children who haven't read a chapter book before. The story manages to be really engaging without using vocabulary that is beyond a 5 year old's understanding.

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Mikk

Must read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 15, 2021

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We absolutely love this book. Definitely recommended read our son could not put it down. And can’t wait to read the rest.

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Volodymyr Kryvenko

The book arrived damaged

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 27, 2021

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The media could not be loaded.

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Heather Turner

Great age appropriate

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 5, 2021

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Love dragon books. My daughter is excited to hear more.

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