It was a quick read, we read it in a week. While some of the humor of the book were lost on Tia, and the language occasionally baffled her, she loved every part of the book. My little sister was anxious about the idea of reading a book with dragons in it, she was relieved and pleasantly amused when Grahame made his entrance. The characters are endearing to the extremes, the story sweet and the illustrations breathtaking.

I knew of Tony Diterlizzi's other works, however I had never read them. I am so glad that this book found us, it was the perfect introduction for her to long books. I borrowed it on the spot and we began that night. So I set out to find her first chapter book, and on that day I found Kenny & the Dragon. He has been featured in Time magazine, USA Today, CNN, PBS, NPR the BBC and The Today Show.Īfter another night of reading six picture books to my five year old sister, I decided that I should try her on a chapter book. The Norman Rockwell museum’s retrospective, “Never Abandon Imagination”, featured artwork from the beginning of DiTerlizzi’s career as a contributing artist for Dungeons & Dragons and broke attendance records. He teamed up with Lucasfilm to retell the original Star Wars trilogy as a picture book and his collaboration with celebrated author Mo Willems created the bestseller The Story of Diva & Flea. With Holly Black, he created the middle-grade series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold over 20 million copies, been adapted into a feature film, and translated in over thirty countries. From fanciful picture books like The Broken Ornament and The Spider & The Fly (a Caldecott Honor book), to chapter books like Kenny and The Dragon and The Search for WondLa, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with rich imagination. #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, Tony DiTerlizzi, has been creating children’s books for twenty years.

Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi