Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
In "Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library" by Julie Gassman, readers are taken on a hilarious and cautionary adventure about the perils of bringing a dragon to the library. The book follows a young boy who brings his dragon along on a library visit, only to discover that dragons are not the best library companions. Chaos ensues as the dragon causes mayhem by burning books and causing loud disruptions. The librarian, with her quick thinking, finds a creative solution to engage the dragon in a more appropriate library activity. Through playful rhymes and engaging illustrations by Andy Elkerton, the book delivers an entertaining message about proper library etiquette and the importance of respecting shared spaces. "Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library" is a fun-filled read-aloud that encourages children to appreciate and enjoy the library while promoting good behavior.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Analyze the illustrations in the story. Discuss how they provide meaning that the words might not.
- Practice identifying the main idea and key details.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Discuss the author’s use of rhyme and rhythm in this book.
- Teach a lesson on multiple meaning words using examples from the story.
- Introduce or review how and why author’s use ellipses.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Last Day of School by Julie Gassman
- Bats at the Library by Brain Lies
- How to Catch a Dragon by Adam Wallace
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