I
am not sure what makes dragons so fascinating, but they are. We love them,
revere them, hate the bad ones, admire them, pray to them, enjoy books featuring
them, watch
them in movies and create dragon art. The
list of dragon-related media is endless.
The
most interesting aspect is this – every generation has had kids which want dragons
as pets. You can’t buy them, can’t hide them, can’t easily feed them, can’t
control them, they are NOT exactly cute and cuddly with all their nails, scales and
teeth – why then would a kid want a dragon for a pet? I have asked them and got
some very vague answers.
My
kids have dragon pets on their virtual
pet game. They nurture and play with them. Buy them food, clothes and other stuff. But, here are a few of my
favorite dragon pets:
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This
one’s a great favorite of mine. Steven Kellogg’s The Mysterious Tadpole. I
got it for my kids. We still leaf through the book for its rich illustration. Towards
the end where all the kids from town play on Alphonse – that is brilliant!
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I
discovered The
Pet Dragon rather recently, but fell in love with the illustrations,
predominantly in red. It’s a fantastic way to introduce a foreign culture and
language - definitely one of my ‘to-keep’ books.
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I
want a Dog, is a wonderful book about wanting a pet, and then going on to ‘creating’ one (a non-living one) of her own. It shows a child’s resourcefulness and
imagination at work - amazing work by Dayal Kaur Khalsa.
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The
How
To Train Your Dragon books were made into movies and they went on to become
box office hits. The books are a little different from the movies, but they are
great adventures slightly older kids love. In fact my older one became a reader
after she started on these. I sometimes think Cressida Cowell must have had a
blast while writing them!
Well,
what do you have to say about dragons as pets?
