The hero of Adventures of the Little Green Dragon is a kind, friendly, brave, loving guide who can help young children become aware of their own sense of self-worth and bolster their own self-esteem. Children will identify with the Little Green Dragon's attempts to understand himself and to do the right thing. In ten adventures they'll learn such values as seeing beyond appearances, being true to themselves, settling disagreements peacefully, helping and loving others, and knowing God as the source of all that is. The engaging full-color illustrations perfectly capture the fairy tale domain of the Little Green Dragon and the old-fashioned charm, warmth, humor, and love in the stories. A Wee Wisdom book.
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In this charming collection of tales, a little green dragon weaves his way through a number of adventures with people and animals and learns, with each adventure, more about himself and others. In the opening tale, the little green dragon wants to save the pretty princess from the wicked king and his army, but his ugliness causes the princess's army to faint. Of course, the little dragon is so ugly that he also causes the wicked king and his army to faint, and, as the pretty princess thanks the dragon for saving her, she tells him that it is his ugly appearance that has defeated the wicked king's army. But, before he can be sad about his ugliness, the princess bolsters his self-esteem by telling him that she loves him just the way he is. And so it goes through the rest of the tales as the little dragon learns about the values of compromise, peacefulness, diversity and cooperation. The repetition of certain phrases like "the princess was so-o-o-o-o pretty" and the Little Green Dragon was "so-o-o-o-o ugly" becomes tiresome as the story progresses; other devices might have been used to emphasize contrast between characters. New Age spiritual values dominate this book as the Green Dragon learns he must first accept himself as he is before he can truly accept others and others can accept him. Maass's color drawings of a docile dragon with a shy smile, who looks much like Mercer Mayer's Herbert the Timid Dragon, will ensure that children will be delighted by the spiritual exploits of this little green dragon. Ages 6-10.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Adventures of the Little Green Dragon, published in 1999 by Unity House, was named the best children's book in the 2000 Benjamin Franklin Awards Competition.
The Franklin Awards Competition, sponsored by the Publishers Marketing Association, is an annual book competition that recognizes excellence in the publishing industry. Unity House was recognized at a special program June 3 at the BookExpo America in Chicago.
"It is a great honor and privilege to be recognized with this wonderful award," said Allen Liles, senior director of Unity House. "It is also a testament to Unity's commitment to providing quality spiritual resources for children, teens, adults and senior adults. You don't have to be a child to enjoy the story of the Little Green Dragon!"
Written by Mari Privette Ulmer and illustrated by Mary Kurnick Maass, the story contains ten charmning tales about the adventures and misadventures of the most appealing and likeable Little Green Dragon. He is a kind, friendly, brave and loving guide who helps young children become aware of their self-worth and bolster their self esteem.
The stories, expecially selected for this book, were among the most beloved Little Green Dragon tales that first appeared in Unity's Wee Wisdom magazine from 1969-1972. A "Learning from the Little Green Dragon" study guide follows the stories, which can be used to help engage children in discussions about the adventures and how the lessons can be applied to life situations.
This is the second award that the book has won. In 1999, The Adventures of the Little Green Dragon was named a finalist in the Visionary Awards by the Coalition of Visionary Retailers.
Unity House is an independent publishers that produces inspirational and uplifting "Spiritual Resources for Daily Living," including books, audio books, compact discs, video cassettes and other materials. Unity House is an imprint of Unity Books and Multimedia, which has been providing materials to readers and listeners since 1889.
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This review is from: Adventures of the Little Green Dragon (Weewisdom Books) (Hardcover)
I was given the orginal book with cassette by my Grandmother in the early 1970's. I cherished the stories as a child and was excited when I uncovered my lost copy. This summer I introduced the Little Green Dragon as a part of storytime, a weekday ministry for preschoolers at our church. These stories lend themselves easily to the use of props and they encourage audience participation. The kids love them and beg for more. For Christmas my mother gave my children ages 2 and 4 years old their very own copy and we have been enjoying it daily. We also enjoy listening to the CD when we are on long car rides.
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the pictures are the best!,
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This review is from: Adventures of the Little Green Dragon (Weewisdom Books) (Hardcover)
Hi! I really loved this book because the pictures are really pretty. Mary Maass must have alot of talent! thank you very much!
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This review is from: Adventures of the Little Green Dragon (Audio CD)
I had the cassette tape version of this book when I was younger and listened to it every night when I went to bed. When my first son was 4 I started to play it for him too, but one night the cassette player ate the tape and it was ruined forever. I have looked off and on over the last few years looking for a CD version and was soooooooo happy to find it on Amazon! This brings back so many memories and I am happy that my youngest son is still young enough to be able enjoy it too!
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