One
day, Girl and Dragon played a game of hide and seek. First, Dragon hid, curling his
“Drag-enormo-self” behind a very small rock.
Try as she might, looking everywhere, even climbing a tree to get a better
look, Girl cannot find him until Dragon jumps out with a resounding,
“BOO!” When it is Girl’s turn to hide,
she runs far away, through the woods, across the logs in the bog, across a
tall, tall bridge, “to a faraway place with such a hidey-hole place,” and she
didn’t make a sound. There she waited
for Dragon. . .and waited for Dragon to
come find her. She waited so long she
fell asleep. Dragon looked everywhere
for Girl, but to no avail. Girl was
lost. Indeed, she was lost when she woke
up and came out of her hidey-hole place.
It was deep, dark night, and there was no moon, no stars, no best
friend. She was alone. And afraid.
Girl tried so hard to be brave and not to cry, but she did cry, and her
heart thumped a sound that only Dragon friends—very very special friends can hear.
And when Dragon found Girl, he wrapped his wings around her and she was
safe with her evermore friend. The
rhyming story is a delightful read aloud that will appeal to friends
everywhere.
Reviewed
by Kathy Thornhill, Zauel Memorial Library
