Dragon's Extraordinary Egg
Illustrator
Debi Gliori
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9780802737595
Pages
32 pages
Genre
animal fantasy
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A dragon finds an abandoned egg and lovingly raises the hatchling as her own, although Little One is very different from the baby dragons, and when disaster strikes it is the small, feathered hatchling that saves the day.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adoptive parents; adopted child; interracial/transracial adoption; interspecies adoption
Main Character
male penguin
Race/Ethnicities
Dragons / Penguins
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Chickadee Award, 2016
100 Magnificent Children's Books, 2014 Picture Book
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2014
New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2014 Picture Book
Keywords
mother and child; dragons; penguins; individuality; egg; hatching; volcano
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Gliori, Debi, "Dragon's Extraordinary Egg" (2014). Diverse Families. 98.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/98