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My Father's Dragon Resources!

Commercial

Of course the book can be purchased online at Amazon. The offer to sell the book comes with reviews from a buyers point of view.

It's also available on audiotape.

Boris the Dragon available as a Toy in Germany.

From Kids

A cool picture of kids who made a mural to illustrate the book.

A child who made a 3D illustration of My Favorite Dragon.

Reviews

Here's a nice summary of the plot of the books.

Another review.

Review from a child.

Background on how the book came to be written.

The Movie

The book has come out as a movie from a Japanese film company. The movie title is: "Elmer No Boken."

Here are two Movie Reviews:

Positive review in the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival.

A fairly negative review.

Who is HATA Masami?

Hata is a Japanese animator who's been working in the field for some 35 years now. He started out as a key animator on at Mushi Pro, then worked on several TV series at TMS, and then moved to Sanrio, where he stayed for over a decade and directed several major films. In recent years he has directed and written storyboards for TV series and movies at various studios.

A Very Cool Online Quiz! about the book.

Educational Applications for My Father's Dragon

How one teacher is using the book as a read aloud and asks questions.

The New York Educational System also reviewed it.

Some Great Book Lists!

Lists of other books that children who like the My Father's Dragon series may also like: St.Charles Library

A list of Newberry Award books.

Adventure Books.

Accelerated Reader - Reading List.

Another Library list.

A Home Schoolers Reading List.

Listservs With an Educator's Point of View

listserv@ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu

teachers.net

Other bulletin board style offerings for parents of young readers:

Offspring Magazine

Berkeley Parents

Parents Place

Introduction | Summary | Jeremy's Page

b.harpel@mailexcite.com
December 4, 2000