Review: The Dragon in the Sock Drawer

The Dragon in the Sock Drawer by Kate Klimo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read this book aloud to my 6 year old, and he was very excited. It's his first fiction book without illustrations, and I'm glad we found something that wasn't over his head and made him laugh quite a lot. We finished it in three sittings and are going to continue reading the series.

I only wish that "age appropriate" characters wouldn't be that silly and unrealistic. A stranger stands in you hall, calls your kids thieves, and demands to search your house. What do you do? Right, call the police. What that uncle Joe does? Helps the stranger search the house! I'm not sure a person like that wouldn't survive in the real world.

The other thing that I didn't like was the emphasis on being boring as a positive thing. I certainly hope my son in a few years wouldn't choose an "American school and American food" with imaginary adventures over traveling and real adventures. I don't remember thinking like that when I was ten! That kind of thinking is for very young, who are around three and still naturally conservative, and for older people, with kids of their own.

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