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Book Review: The Bakery Dragon

The Bakery Dragon is a children’s fantasy book written and illustrated by Devin Elle Kurtz. It was published in 2024 by Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House is the parent company). The story is about a little dragon named Ember who, like all dragons, loves gold more than anything. Problem is, he doesn’t have a hoard of gold like the other dragons (who are much bigger and intimidating than him). While the bigger dragons can spew out fire and scare people into giving them gold, Ember can only spew out a small flame and cannot scare villagers into giving him anything. In his search for gold, he comes across a kind baker who teaches him how to bake tasty “gold,” and he learns that this tasty gold is even better when it is shared. I enjoyed the story, as well as the moral about sharing with others is much better than stealing and hoarding. The writing is good, but since this is a children’s book, I feel the biggest strength is the illustrations. The illustrations are beautiful, and Devin E...
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Mimikyu the kitten bounced around Mittens. “Let’s play!”

“No,” Mittens replied, daintily licking her paws.

“Come on! Just for a little while.” He pounced on her tail, which had been flicking back and forth in annoyance.

“I am not in the mood to play now.”

“Just one game, pleeease!” He pounced on Mittens and playfully bit her tail.

Mittens growled. This kitten was fine company once and a while, but other times he was just plain annoying. All he wanted to do was play. And when he didn’t want to play, he wanted to hog all the attention of Lizzy, her owner, and get pets and treats. Lizzy was her owner first, not his.

Mimikyu kept swatting her tail. Was she always this annoying when she was a kitten? She was beginning to understand why her mother wanted a break from her and her siblings for an hour or two. This was ridiculous.

Snap! Snap!  went the camera that Lizzy used as she took pictures of a dandelion.

Maybe if she could get her attention, she’d make Mimikyu leave her alone.

“Hey,” Mittens said to her. “A little intervention would be nice.”

Lizzy stopped taking pictures of the flower and turned around.

Finally, Mittens thought. She’ll make him leave me alone.

Mimikyu playfully bit Mitten’s neck.

“Aw, how cute!” Lizzy said. She raised her camera up to take a photo.

Mittens gave her a look. “Help me.”





Author’s Note
I wanted to try out writing stories based on the photos I took by looking at the photo and then trying to add some context to it. So, I wrote this story based on a photo I took of our cats a while back. It was easier to write a story based on this photo compared to some others I have taken because they are animals and are very expressive in this photo. This makes it is easier to understand or try to interpret what is happening between the two in a fun way. I hope I will be able to write stories based on some of my other photos effectively so that they are interesting.



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