Dragonbreath

**Summary/Review**
Danny Dragonbreath is still unable to breathe fire, which doesn't make him much of a dragon now does it! But worse than that, he's got to redo his paper on the ocean and he hates being forced to go to the library. That's so boring anyways! Luckily for Danny he's got other mythical relatives, like a Sea Serpent for a cousin. So in this story Danny drags his less adventurous friend Wendell (an iguana) to the ocean to get a tour of the open waters! This book does a wonderful job of showing just how fun learning can be and has some amusing interactions between Danny and his friend Wendell! In the end, Danny turns his report and ends up getting an A for all of his hardwork! Overall it is an extremely amusing tale with an unique ocean adventure, that shows just how fun and exciting learning can be.

**Author Bio**
The author is Ursula Vernon who was born in 1977 in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Although born in North Carolina she grew up mainly in Arizona and Oregon. She studied Anthropology at Macalester college where she first took art classes, which she had skill and a fascination for. Now before she became a published children's author she worked mainly as a freelance writer and illustrator, and worked on some webcomics like Digger. She also has been invited to Furry Conventions for her anthromorphic art. Besides the Dragonbreath franchise she has also written: //Nurk: The Strange Surprising Adventures Of A (Somewhat) Brave Shrew,// //Black Dogs: The House of Diamond,// //Black Dogs: The Mountain of Iron.// She also has used some of her art in making the Fantasy Flight Game "Black Sheep", she has made her own art book, and designs tea and soap labels. Some of her awards and nominations are: her cover for Best In Show won the 2003 Ursa Major Award for //Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration,// nominated for the 2006 Eisner Awards in the category //Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition// for her work on //Digger,// //and// also received a number of awards and nominations for the Web Cartoonist Choice Awards in the //Outstanding Black and White Art// and //Outstanding Anthropomorphic Comic// categories.

**Other Works**
//Nurk: The Strange Surprising Adventures Of A (Somewhat) Brave Shrew, Black Dogs: The House of Diamond,// //Black Dogs: The Mountain of Iron, Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs, Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Weiner, Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster, Dragonbreath: No Such Thing As Ghosts.//

**Historical Context**
The story of Dragonbreath really only brings up a few things referring to historical reference and those things are myths and legends. There is a moment in the novel where they come across the lost city of Atlantis, and also the myth about what dragons are and sea serpents.

**Major Themes**
Education, Adventure, Growing up, Fun, bravery, modern family life

**Cited Sources**
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