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PERFECT series for young kids!

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2021

This series was first introduced to us in December and my 8 year old son loves it. He's not much of a reader during his free time but he loves to read this series. I am an elementary teacher and after my son is done with the books I bring them to my classroom and they are always a hit. The reading level is appropriate for 2nd grade, advanced readers in 1st grade or struggling readers above 2nd grade. The story line follows a group of kids around 8-10 years old who are the chosen ones to be dragon masters, training dragons. These kids go live with the king at the castle and there is an underground area where the dragons live. Nobody but the king and a select group of people know about the existence of dragons. Each book is the story of a specific kid and a dragon, but they all tie into each other nicely. You don't need to read them in order to understand the storyline, but we prefer to do so. I think this series would engage reluctant readers both boys and girls-because there are boys and girl main characters. Minimal pictures, but very well done.

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M. Walkiewicz

Great book, terrible Kindle formatting

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021

My son loves this series, but this particular book is badly formatted and hard to read on Kindle Voyager 6” - it’s like the image of the page is only a small portion of the actual page. Changing “fit to page” doesn’t do anything. Oddly, the cover and the table of contents are formatted correctly.

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Melanie Criqui

PERFECT series for young kids!

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2021

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Matt I.

One of the best series to get kids into reading

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2018

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This review applies to all the books in the series. My son started reading these shortly after he started getting good at reading chapter books. I would say they are on par with the Magic Treehouse series. However, I the drawings are very good, and every page has artwork, and so it's easy for him to get into the stories. Each book could be read independently, but I think it's better to read them in order. He started reading these at 5 years old in Kindergarten, but I think they're better suited to first graders. Every time we get a new edition, he devours it immediately. There are very few book series out there that he enjoys as much as these. Kingdom of Wrenly is similar, but he like this much more. I wish they'd sell these in a boxed set! This is also our go-to book for kids birthdays once we hear that they're getting into chapter books.

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Ai my me

Series loved by my 7 year old daughter.

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015

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I was looking for something to read to my 7 year old daughter and 3 year old son. I wanted something gender neutral (I wanted to avoid Princess books). This book was great. This is the Fourth book in Dragon Masters Series. It has easy to follow storyline, so even if you skip the first, second and third book and start with this one, you (or your kids) will be able to follow the story, but I recommend starting with the first book because it does refer to what happened in the book 1, 2 and 3.

My kids loved the series and asked to read more than 3 chapters a night. This is one of the Scholastic Branches series books. Branches series were written for early chapter book readers. There are two levels: first level is with color pictures and lower Lexile (According to Scholastic website, for ages 5-7, 80 page full color Branches series are: Boris by Andrew Joyner, Kung Pow Chicken by Cindi Marko, Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe by Susan Nees, Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott, Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe by Noah Z Jones), second level is black and white with a bit higher Lexile (according to Scholastic Website, for ages 6-8, 96 page, black and white Branches series are: The amazing stardust friends by Heather Alexander Illustrated by Diane Le Feyer, Dragon Masters by Tracy West Illustrated by Graham Howells, Eerie Elementary by Jack Chabert Illustrated by Sam Ricks, Looniverse by David Lubar Illustrated by Matt Loveridge, Lotus Lane by Kyla May, Monkey Me by Timothy Roland, and the Notebook of Doom by Troy Cummings) . This Dragon Master series falls onto the second level. My daughter enjoyed Eerie Elementary series (took 45-60 min to read per book) and The Notebook of Doom (took 45-60 min to read per book). Branches series have easy to follow story lines and attractive illustrations (black and white for second level) and I highly recommend them.

This is the last of the series (as of the date of the review Sept 2015), but how the story ended makes it seem like more books are coming. My daughter cannot wait and she said "if this is the last one that author has written, I should write the book #5" - this is how much my daughter liked this series.

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M. Walkiewicz

Great book, terrible Kindle formatting

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021

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Good books, got a little bent

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2018

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I bought a bunch of these books for my daughters birthday. I know she loves them because she’s gotten them from the library and has read them before. I give it 4 stars because I was disappointed that they came in an envelope instead of a box. Since these are paperbacks some of them did get slightly bent.

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thecatspjswow

We love Dragon Masters!

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2015

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I ordered this book for my 8 year old daughter as she as read all 3 other books in the series and could not wait for the forth book to come out. She absolutely loves the story, characters and adventure. Upon receiving the book she sat down and read through the entire book in one sitting! Needless to say she is hooked and I am so happy that my daughter loves reading because of these books! Can't wait for more in the series and I hope it continues for a long time!

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Reynawhile

The Dragon Masters Series

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2020

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My 5 yo beginning reader and I have been reading these books together. He can't get enough! It has been exactly the motivation for him to learn to read. This was our fourth book, and it seems as though the character development and story has been evolving. There is a great balance of action, empathy, and excitement.

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Justin S Kenlon

Incredible series, a must read!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2016

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My 4 year old is obsessed with the Dragon Masters series. We read a few chapters from one of the books every day. It is perfect because she is getting a longer attention span but still needs a book with lots of pictures and short chapters. The climactic parts have drama and tension but aren't overly scary. The stories about different dragons and kids from different parts of the world capture her imagination like nothing I have ever seen. This is an incredible series that I also enjoy reading with her, and I hope Tracy West continues to write many many more!

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Theresa Malstrom

Great Series for girls and boys

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021

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Great Series for girls and boys ! Great as a read aloud or as a read to self. Spans a nice age range, too. Love that there are so many books !

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Gayle

My 6 and 8 year old grandsons love listening to me read this series to them

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2016

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My 6 and 8 year old grandsons love listening to me read this series to them. The older one follows along and if The miss a word he corrects me, yet he does not really want to read them to himself. Perhaps he felt it was too scary to read alone, although he would never admit to that. I think this series has a good balance of adventure and the values of friendship and teamwork in it. The kids want to know if there will be more of these books.

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