Cowell, C. (2008). A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons. London: Hatchet Children’s Books.
Each novel contains several small adventures and while they do progress in a chronological fashion I am happy to say I wasn’t hindered by skipping ahead to the sixth of Cowell’s eight books, a good thing to keep in mind given the availability of these books in the library as the movies come out. One facet of this series that has impressed me is the uniqueness of the published product. It is of unique value that on any given page there can be up to three distinct font settings, depending on the intensity of the description, or when someone is speaking Dragonese. I really liked how Cowell presented the issues of literacy and cognition in this book. Viking culture forbids fastidious thinking and reading, thus compelling the reader to do so via reverse psychology, and that all the books are guarded in a dark, creepy castle by the Hairy Scary Librarian makes any library seem a haven in comparison.
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