Flight of the Moon Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #6)

“Flight of the Moon Dragon” is the sixth of Tracey West’s Dragon Masters series of chapter books for young readers. As exciting and engaging as other books in this series, the story is enjoyable for both new readers and as a read-aloud for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Involving both magic dragons and diverse, multi-ethnic children who are learning to become Dragon Masters, the stories stress the importance of following instructions – in the case of the young Dragon Masters, those of their Wizard mentor Griffith - and cooperating with one another to accomplish a goal.Bearing disturbing news, Heru, from the Land of the Pyramids, and his dragon Wati have come to King Roland’s castle. The prime Dragon Stone is weakening. Its glow is waning; the pieces of Dragon Stone the young Dragon Masters wear are losing the power to connect each with their own dragon. Wati tells the others that it will take six dragons and six Dragon Masters to enter the pyramid where the prime Dragon Stone lies. King Roland agrees to allow the five Dragon Masters to accompany Wati.Arriving in the Land of the Pyramids, the group meets Wati’s parents and enters a secret chamber containing a rhymed clue about the stone’s location. Using the clue, Wati and Drake discover the location of that pyramid; Worm, the Earth Dragon, transports the six Dragon Masters and their dragons to the pyramid. To enter it, they must solve a riddle. Once inside, they must cooperate as they work through a series of clues that allow them to pass through six doors. Upon passing through the last door, Drake discovers the prime dragon stone and the reason for its waning power.Short chapters and a varied, but not overly sophisticated vocabulary, make “Flight of the Moon Dragon” an easy to read book. Short, simple sentences and the less complex structure of the narrative allow young readers to feel a sense of accomplishment while reading the story. The subject matter of wizards and dragons fascinate my grandson who thinks some early reader books “for babies”. Since discovering the Dragon Masters, he has become an enthusiastic reader, wanting to read and learn more about those mythical creatures. Because the books in the Dragon Masters series contain magic and action, and situations that engage and interest him, he has started to explore the library for more difficult reading material. Both my grandson and I are thrilled to learn that the Dragon Masters series will continue.“Flight of the Moon Dragon” features Damien Jones’ black-and-white illustrations on almost every page. Unlike the simplistic drawings in some other children’s books, these have depth, perspective, and dimension. The illustrations are visually interesting and very appealing; they bring the characters to life. Children, who may have advanced to having chapter books read aloud to them at bedtime but who still want pictures to accompany the story, find this feature of the Dragon Masters very appealing. As a grandparent who loves to read and wants to encourage a love of reading in my grandchildren, I appreciate that Tracey West has decided to include illustrations throughout the book.If you are looking for a series of books that will interest early readers, particularly boys, you will want to look at the Dragon Master series. It is not necessary to have read the other Dragon Masters books to enjoy “Flight of the Moon Dragon”. Tracey West provides enough background information in this sixth book of the series to so readers will enjoy it, even without reading the others. However, if your young reader or listener is anything like my grandson, they will want to collect all the books of the series!I have already pre-ordered the seventh book of Tracey West’s Dragon Masters series. Her books are a wonderful way to encourage young readers. They are fun to read, contain enough fantasy and magic to appeal to children, and teach some good lessons about cooperation, the importance of listening to and of understanding others. "The Flight of the Moon Dragon" included problem-solving as another of the positive lessons contained in the series. Not only did this further strengthen the story, it recognized the series' readers are maturing and are ready for more complex ideas.

I purchased three Dragon Masters books for my granddaughter and she loved all three books. She loves to read since she was three years old. She is 7 and reads at the 5th-grade level. The books are easy for her to read. However, she's enjoying them.

My daughter who is in kinder absolutely LOVES these books! They are quite easy reading for her (she is an advanced reader at the 2/3 grade level) and can read the entire book under 2 hours, but ANY book that captures her interest, imagination, and love for reading gets an A+ on my list! ...She chose to order books #6 & #7 with gift money, and after reading #6 she HAD TO start the next book right away. Tonight I ordered ALL the other books in the series. She also likes the Greetings From Somewhere series, along with Haggis & Tank and Owl Diaries books. We tried an A to Z Mysteries book, but after the 1st chapter she still couldn't get into it (and neither of us liked the name calling in that one.) Dragon Masters is definately more kid friendly. We are excited to go back & read the beginning books!

it was good because it was a real nail biter if the “heroes” would save the prime dragon stone or not

My son has always loved dragons so we have quite a few dragon books in our collection; this series is his favorite. He has always been a great reader (reads 2 grades ahead) and finishes this book in a day. He absolutely loves them. We will be getting the entire collection. He will read the book and run out super excited about what he just read. He also loved the characters crossing over from book to book. I wish they were a little longer or more difficult because he breezes through them but that probably makes it more enjoyable for him. I’ve read a few chapters with him from the first book and the text is nice!

My kiddo spilled water on a public library book we had borrowed. We had the option to let the library repurchase the book (with an extra $13 processing fee) or we purchase the book, so we opted to purchase this and it was in perfect condition.

Great awesome series for kids 7-12. Love it! So engaging for hesitant readers. Read with them or if they read on their own, its a good level to start chapter books with. I love the size of the font. not too small like so many other books.The whole series is good. You cant just read one book you have to read them all. My child doesnt want to stop once we sit to read these.

My granddaughter really enjoy reading these books .

I recently purchased the entire set of the Dragon Masters collection for my 7 year old.The story is written well enough that they are able to read, and understand the terminology of the book well.We really enjoyed the questions and activities included at the end of each book.Great stories!!We can't wait for more!!

My son who loves how to train your dragon movie/show... Loved this book and is pestering me to get more from the series. Though his reading level is high for his age group so can't say if apt for 8 yr olds

We needed a good "first chapter" series with lots of pictures as for bedtime routine as picture books just became rather expensive. So I searched the internet and came across the recommendation for Scholastic's Dragon Masters book series.They LOVE all the characters/dragons in the books and love guessing what each person can do and what powers the dragons have.Whenever possible we use the Kindle edition and broadcast it to our TV via our Amazon Firebox (via wireless projection) so that everyone can see the text and the pictures. Unfortunately not all the books are available for Amazon Kindle, so some books we had to buy as hard paper and we are running out of space in our bookshelves as we have sooo many books, so we prefer electronic copies. Electronic copies also allow us to share it onto their Amazon Fire tablets for kids.Again, LOVED by all of our kids and we have different ages and grasp of the world. Unfortuantely we have read ALL the books available and now have to wait until March 2021 until the next book comes out.

I bought this book for my 6 year old. I think it's a 6th book in the story line.My son likes the book, read it many times. The stories were written in simple English and very intuitive for kids.Dislike - I wish the stories were little longer as my 6 year old finished in few hours and wants the next book.Overall I would recommend this adventure book for 6~9 year olds.

I like this product because is very good for my children to read.