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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...

What Names Should I Choose?

Naming my characters

Can be so hard to do.

Should I name one Louise

Or for short, call her Lou?


I like to give their names meaning

Something that reflects their character,

Like a fiery girl named Amber

Or a shy girl named Lavender.


But maybe some names

Are too on the nose

Like Maleficent, Goodfellow

Or Innocent Rose.


Despite the difficulty, 

I love to employ

My naming skills

To find names I enjoy.


I would love to name a character

Paisley or Maisy

Or Mosie or Posey

Or Hailey or Daisy.


I could name one Deborah

And another could be Yihana.

Another could be Alisa

And another could be Ayanna.


I could name characters

Zackary or Titus

Or Bebo, or Norman

Or Orion or Situs.


I could name one Kazimir

And still another Veggie,

Or Zeus or Atlas

Or maybe just Reggie.


So many names,

So many choices!

I still have yet to think

Of their stories and character voices!


I should come up

With a name as a placeholder

So I can focus on the story

And see if I like it as it gets older.


But what should be

My placeholder name?

Should it be Victoria, Arachnophobia,

Or Unquechable Flame?

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