Dragonbreath

Connor really loved the Captain Underpants book series, and we finally read all of them.  So, I asked our local librarian to recommend a similar book series for a five year-old boy.  And so she recommended that we read the Dragonbreath series by Ursula Vernon.

Like the Captain Underpants books, the full-page novel-type text is broken up with some illustrations.  Like this:

The books are silly and funny and hilarious.  We laugh a lot.  One of my favorite running jokes in the book series is that Danny Dragonbreath uses the local bus system to go to all sorts of places, like Mythical Japan and Mexico.  But the bus system only works that way for him.  His best friend Wendell, who is sort of a nerd, cannot figure it out.

Connor can read these books by himself, but he still prefers to have them read to him.  Which I understand.  It is easier to laugh at the jokes when you aren't working so hard to figure out what that one word in the punchline is.

The books are full of adventure, and both Connor and Lex love them. Right now, we only have one left to read.  I have a feeling we might be re-reading these books, and the Captain Underpants series again soon.  You know, after we finish the one remaining Dragonbreath book on our list.