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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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The Princess and Her Pearls

There was a princess with pearls

Deemed holy, good, and bright.

They would shine in the morning sun

And glow brightly in the night.


One day, the princess saw a wild dog,

And she thought, “If it sees the pearls’ great glow.

“It will have a better life. I will give it some pearls.”

So the princess, meaning well, did so.


Then came a wild hog also.

“I’ll give him some pearls too,” the princess thought.

And she, meaning well, gave away

Some other pearls she’d brought.


But the dog and hog trampled the pearls,

So much so they lost their shine.

The dog turned upon the poor princess

And so also did the swine.

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Inspired by Matthew 7:6.

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