I picked The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori off the new shelf at the curriculum lab. It caught my interest because of the illustration on the cover, a dragon surrounded by animals holding the earth. The dragons in the story are careless, as the book says, “they use up everything without stopping to think”. The planet and its creatures are at risk of extinction because of the dragons behavior. Once the dragons see this they decide to change their bad habits with advice from all of the animals.
The book stresses the importance of protecting the environment in a kid friendly way. From the text and the illustrations it is easy for children of all ages to see that we all need to work together to protect the earth and all its living things. I remember learning about the significance of reducing, recycling and reusing in Elementary school and I wish the teacher would have had a book like this to initiate the discussion with us. The trouble with Dragons is certainly a book I would recommend reading to children to present or reemphasize the importance of doing everything we can to protect our planet.