A great children's books about following your dreams. The illustrations are so cute and there is a great message!

I found it quite easy to enthuse over the first book in this series, which seemed to have a lot of the sensibility of the "Bone" comics, but a strictly child-friendly story, concerning a ghost bear and some new friends it gains. A new character is to the fore in this sequel, however, which might as well be a stand-alone book, for it has much the same liveliness and cartoonish art, but a different feel. Here a dragon with issues about proving himself is adamant that he will win the latest cart race – a race against some other peculiar characters (or groups thereof) that he's seen no success in before now. Vainly rehearsing his off-road manoeuvres, for a track-based race, he comes to the attention of our heroes of old – but will he get to show that his skills are what he hopes them to be? Well, all I can dare reveal is that the world of these books is getting more and more wacky, but that's wacky in a good way; the art is getting more competent with every dynamic splash-spread; and while this wasn't quite as distinctive as the series opener I am sure this is still going to be a hit. Both these books now offer energetic entertainment for the young fantasy comic reader.