Kenny & the Dragon
by Tony DiTerlizzi

    KENNY & THE DRAGON by Tony DiTerlizzi
    Category:  Fantasy
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  8/5/08
    Publisher:  Simon & Schuster
    Reviewed by:  Rebecca Wells
    Rating:  4 Stars


    Kenny Rabbit has always been a little different. While most in the tiny farming town of Roundbrook are, indeed,
    farmers, he is a perpetual bookworm and dreamer, always with one fanciful notion or another in his head. But now it
    appears that he may be just a little too different for the citizens of Roundbrook – after all, who on earth has a dragon
    for a best friend?

    When the villagers learn of the dragon running loose over the countryside, they immediately designate it a scourge and
    mark it for imminent extermination, to be carried out by a dragon-slayer! Can Kenny figure out a way to make the
    villagers see the truth? Can he save his best friend?

    KENNY & THE DRAGON is a touching tale of friendship that draws inventively from the classic story of St. George
    and the dragon. Kenny Rabbit is a protagonist you can’t help but root for, and the illustrations in this book are simply
    adorable. While the prose in KENNY & THE DRAGON is a little cumbersome at times, it is not enough to detract
    from the charm of the tale, and the lessons taught are an effortless part of the story.

    Children will be drawn in by the unique and lovable characters of Kenny Rabbit, Grahame the dragon, and George
    himself, and take away heartfelt lessons of courage, friendship, and diversity.