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I liked the illustrations in this book. The story was had a good lesson but I felt it could have been better executed.

This was a cute story about a misunderstood dragon with a big heart. The dragon, Omani, has a hard time making friends because everyone assumes he is a dangerous and mean dragon. But when Sherwyn takes the time to talk to Omani, he discovers that he is peace dragon.
This adorably illustrated story presents a great lesson to children to not judging a book by its cover.
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by Linda Ragsdale

The Peace Dragon is a short tale that will help the youngest readers understand the value of taking a moment, and observing something before making any decisions. A young boy finds a hidden Dragon. He is scared at first ready to run away screaming, but he finds when he looks closer the dragon is covered in scales made of hearts. Because he did not run he makes a new friend. That friendship grows, and the child wants to show his small village the dragon. A slight miss understand may change the whole advent of this adventure. A sweet story of friendship and learning.
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This is a book about not judging a book by its cover or in this case a dragon by its appearance. Kids who love dragons will definitely enjoy this. This is a great story that promotes love and peace and acceptance.

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This story has a charming message of accepting others who are different. It would be great for sharing with elementary school students.

<i>The Peace Dragon</i> by Linda Ragsdale is an incredibly cute and beautifully illustrated story about a young boy who befriends a dragon and brings her home to his village. In a world where everyone already has their own personal beliefs about what a dragon is and how it acts, this short children's story introduces the concept of judging someone based on pre-formed ideas and misconceptions about who a specific creature (or person) is just by knowing the stereotypes.

It's a very cute way of bringing about the discussion of judgement before true knowledge, of believing one knows everything about a person simply based on the stereotypical understanding of their nature. The illustrations are gorgeous and the characters wonderful, especially when in making assumptions, it seems that people become the very thing they were projecting onto another.

I think this is a very impressive story and one with the most wonderful of drawings, especially of the dragon with the hearts all over her. It does a fantastic job of teaching a really important lesson to children and opens up the opportunity for a lot of really great conversations with parents who might not know how to bring up the topic. I would definitely recommend this book to parents.

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This is a story about tolerance, not jumping to conclusions and spreading love and peace.

Sherwyn is a young boy who love adventures. One day while playing, he pulls on a stick. The stick is actually a dragon and his first reaction is fear. As he talks to Omani, the Peace Dragon, and looks closely at his heart shaped scales, his opinion changes and he begins to trust Omani. When he takes this homeless dragon home, the villagers assume they are being attacked by a scary dragon and take up their weapons to attack. Sherwyn places himself in front of Omani to stop the crowd. I love how the illustrator showed the shadows of the mob looking like a scary dragon, more scary than Omani was. When Sherwyn convinces the crowd that the dragon only wants a peaceful place to live, they back off and he finally finds a safe place to live and call home. With colorful illustrations featuring a loving dragon and her new friend, this story might teach children about acceptance, not jumping to conclusions, and just being kind and how that will go a long way. A great book for schools and home when teaching children about these things. The publisher, Flowerpot Press, generously provided me with a copy of this book to read. The rating, opinions, and ideas shared are my own.

Hearts, and scales, and dragons oh my. What a wonderful story and a wonderful lesson. Take time to learn and know about someone/something before snapping to judgment. You just might find love. I have found love with this book. And I can see many teachers, and librarians using it for lessons, and boards, and crafts. Yeahhhh

This dragon is stunningly drawn and I loved the ideas of the scales as hearts, including a heart on the tail, as the dragon spreads a message of peace and love. A young explorer runs in to dragon in the woods and although he is initially scared, the dragon convinces him to not be afraid. The explorer takes the dragon back to his village where the villagers immediately judge and fear him simply because he is a dragon. They are won over and see the error of judging based on appearances.

The book has a strong message and it admits that it is trying to teach a lesson of Peace and Love. I recommend picking it up and reading it aloud with the children age 8-9 and under in your life.

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I love this book with its positive and inspiring message. Sherwyn loves adventures and to explore. One day while out on an expedition he encounters a dragon! This dragon is not the ferocious, fire-breathing, scary kind but one who promotes love and peace. She has a kind smiley face and pure heart that convinces Sherwyn not to fear her. He is enthralled by her heart-shaped scales one of which she gladly sheds and offers to him as a gift of peace.

She introduces herself as Omani and explains to him that she is a peace dragon. They become fast inseparable friends. To Sherwyn's horror he discovers that Omani has no fixed address so he kind-heartedly offers to take her back to his village to live there.


The villagers come after her with knives and other weapons because they think they are in danger from this intrusive scary dragon amongst them.

"The villagers quickly formed a mad, muttering mob, mashing and smashing into each other as they prepared to battle."


Their mob mentality is cut short when Sherwyn steps in front of the Peace Dragon to protect his friend and declares:


"STOP!"
"This is my friend Omani, " Sherwyn explained, "She's a Peace Dragon."

The angry crowd stops inches from bashing into them and realizes that they are the only cumulative, nasty dragon in sight. Sherwyn introduces his friend to the villagers and shows them that Omani's scales are made of hearts and explains the loving message that she carries which is meant for each one of them too.

Will the villagers have a change of heart and accept Omani for the love ambassador that she truly is? Has Omani finally found acceptance and a new forever home?

Reading and discussion of this book may help kids become more tolerant and accepting of others who are different. It teaches that compassion trumps fear and by reaching out to others with kindness and a loving heart lives can be changed forever. I highly recommend this book.