cbr15bingo Strange Worlds doesn’t get more strange than Trolls making smoothies
I was not the audience for the book, The Sparkle Dragons (The Sparkle Dragons, 1). However, I know a lot of girls ages six to about nine who will love the pretty dragons, the bratty princess, and the (probably) evil unicorn (okay he is SO the evil genius of the book). The story is both typical (magic and adventures) and modern (dealing with an environmental issue and civil rights). The illustrations were minimal colors (mostly pink and gray) that made finding the structure of places and even people/dragons/trolls difficult. But I give it a 2.5 for effort and the puns.
Now I appreciate the work of Emma Carlson Berne as author and Luke Flowers as illustrator, but it was not for me. And therefore, I might not go on to read book two, The Sparkle Dragons: One Horn to Rule Them All. Then again, how can you not read a Lord of the Rings spoof? But I have until mid-December 2023 to make up my mind, unless I find a reader copy. I read book one via the final copy (currently available).
One of the fun parts I realized after looking into Luke Flowers’ other titles, even their Mister Rogers books seem to have a similar look to them, but each one is different. So if you like sticky glitter bomb sneezes, Troll named Robert (not Bob) and some off-the-wall (and out of the box thinking) fun and unusual but sweet illustrations, you are probably in for a treat with Berne’s Dragon series.
