Christian Book Notes

Dragons: Legends & Lore of Dinosaurs.  Green Forest: Master Books, 2011.  24 pp.  $17.99.  Purchase at Amazon for $12.29 or less.

Introduction

What kid does not fantasize about dragons?  Boys want to slay them and girls are held captive by them.  But, from where did these mythological (?) creatures derive?  Are they real or made up by some culture?  Do they have a connection to dinosaurs?  These questions and more are answered in the pages of Dragons: Legends & Lore of Dinosaurs.

Summary

More like a coffee table book than a chapter book, Dragons looks at the legends found on every inhabited continent in the world.  The reader is then treated to a discussion on the connection between dinosaurs and dragons.

All of this is shared in the context of God’s creation and man’s fall.  The argument is made that the many legends all over the world offer the solution that dragons, were (are?) indeed real creatures.  This is also the argument (among others) for the reality of a global flood as found in Genesis 6.

Review

The colorful pictures and the cited research helps to make the case for the reality that dragons did (and do?) exist.  Much of the information about the dinosaurs is pulled from another book published by Master Books entitled Dinosaurs by Design.

Each page is interactive with a door to open or a card to unfold.  The children love it and learn much about God’s creation.  It also helps to engage them with gospel truths of God’s holiness and His creation, the fall of man and the redemption of man through Christ’s ultimate sacrifice.

Recommendation

For the dragon slayer or princess in your house, you will want to have this book available.  Your child will learn much about God through the legend and lore of the dragon.  They will be introduced to the world through the myths.  They will learn that there have been sightings of dragon-like creatures as recent as 1890 in the United States and even more recently in jungles throughout the world.

Parents and children alike will learn from Dragons and will find that it is a popular book in the house that your child will return to again and again.