Do Not Let Your Dragon Spread Germs

By Julie Gassman, Andy Elkerton (illustrator),

Book cover of Do Not Let Your Dragon Spread Germs

Book description

Your dragon loves to hug and high-five and shake hands and sing and blow bubbles and share happiness everywhere she goes. Dragons want to spread joy to everyone! But some of those actions are also spreading germs. It's time to wash your hands, mask up and teach your dragon how…

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1 author picked Do Not Let Your Dragon Spread Germs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book encourages little ones to read along with a recurring refrain, “Don’t let your dragon spread germs!” The premise of this book is that children have to teach their pet dragons hygiene. In using this logic, the story puts the young characters in the book in the position of the teacher-caregivers. The illustrator, Andy Elkerton, did a great job with the dragons. Each dragon has its own personality and the illustrations are full of energy and motion. Those colorful, dynamic dragons are fun for kids to look at while a grown-up reads the text. 

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