The Dragon Takes a Wife

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Summary: Fond Memories
Review: I loved this book as a child. The new edition has illustrations that are less whimsical but certainly more updated. Instead of feeling offended by the language...(Yes, the author is Black)...I think this story is a excellent way to introduce the idea of 'audience' to your students After all, it was written in the 70s and is directed to a 70s audience.

Growing up it was one of the only children's books that I was exposed to that had Black characters and she was a powerful character too. She knew what she was talking about and was totally in control. She wasn't a token character colored brown to suit PC sentiments.

Anyhow, this was one of my favorite stories growing up and I still have the copy that I loved as a child.

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Summary: Fond Memories
Review: I read this book as a young child and was enthralled. Harry's dreams of finding a mate and searching for answers drew me to the library week after week. To this day, I still believe in fairies, medieval fantasies, and miracles.

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Summary: Dissappointing. Poor english pretending to be culture
Review: This author clearly backs the embarassing Ebonics movement. The main character (a black female good fairy) speaks in constant ghetto-ese, inappropriate for this age group. I returned the book because I barely have time to teach my children how to read and write proper English. If they wrote or talked that way at school their grades would take a serious hit.

I assume the author is black. If not, the NAACP would be banning this book as racist. The old double standard at work again.

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Summary: UPDATE!
Review: Update: I now have the NEW edition and the slang has been updated, so I have ZERO complaints!