Parenting advice

If you want your five-year-old to read, tell him it's time to pick up the books and put them back on the bookshelf.

If you want your five-year-old to play with Lego, tell him it's time to pick up the Lego and put them back in the bucket.

I wonder what else this works on.

Parenting advice

If you want your five-year-old to read, tell him it's time to pick up the books and put them back on the bookshelf.

If you want your five-year-old to play with Lego, tell him it's time to pick up the Lego and put them back in the bucket.

I wonder what else this works on.

books

_Dragon Avenger_, E.E. Knight

So the protagonist of _Dragon Champion_ had a sister; they were separated shortly after the awful tragedy which shapes his early life. This is her story.

The gender dimorphism in Knight's dragons is apparently more psychological than physical... or perhaps I'm generalizing from a single case. Doesn't matter, everyone does that. In this case, the dragonelle is more intellectual, sneakier, capable of better long-range planning, and less likely to opt for the frontal assault.
She also established a long-term relationship with an elf. Knight continues the idea that biology does not determine morals; this elf is not a good-for-nothing sylvan poet, but rather a slightly-too-fatalistic estate owner/manager. The estate is not doing well, owing to a troll infestation.

Enter the dragon.

Anyway. This book is somewhat more subtle and well-rounded than the previous entry. Recommended.

books

_Dragon Avenger_, E.E. Knight

So the protagonist of _Dragon Champion_ had a sister; they were separated shortly after the awful tragedy which shapes his early life. This is her story.

The gender dimorphism in Knight's dragons is apparently more psychological than physical... or perhaps I'm generalizing from a single case. Doesn't matter, everyone does that. In this case, the dragonelle is more intellectual, sneakier, capable of better long-range planning, and less likely to opt for the frontal assault.
She also established a long-term relationship with an elf. Knight continues the idea that biology does not determine morals; this elf is not a good-for-nothing sylvan poet, but rather a slightly-too-fatalistic estate owner/manager. The estate is not doing well, owing to a troll infestation.

Enter the dragon.

Anyway. This book is somewhat more subtle and well-rounded than the previous entry. Recommended.