This was an absolutely lovely middle grade read! It’s book two, which I didn’t know initially but that didn’t affect the reading of this book at all! It’s an adorable story of friendship and mystery - with lessons in patience, kindness and working together as a big part of it!

I’d recommend this for children into magical type worlds that aren’t ready for thicker chapter books.

Honestly my kids and I adore this series. All the mythical creatures, magic and love of books in one! We were so excited to continue this series. I love Kit and the characteristics of a unique heroine. The narration is so easy to follow and we picked up a physical copy to enjoy the illustrations. This series is now one of our auto buys. Highly recommend.

All librarians are wizards, and in charge of keeping the dragon beneath their library sleeping? No better way to hook this library worker! I loved this book, and devoured it in no time and then went back to find the first one. Waiting (im)patiently for the next installment.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Didn't have a chance to read the first book in this series but very cute for a kids book none the less! would have loved to read this as a kid :)

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advanced audio copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.

The monster in the lake is a super cute lower middle grade story about three friends with connections to magic. Kit is a wizard and Alita and Josh are her two best friends. The three are having a lovely day in the park when they realize that they can hear all of the animals talking which is *definitely* not normal. When they start to do some digging with Kit's magical advisor friend, Faith, the trio discovers that there's something in the lake that doesn't belong. This discovery leads them on a journey to Scotland with some mermaids, a magical book, giant rats, and chocolate tea.

While this wasn't exactly my cup of tea (pun intended), it was definitely really cute and I know lots of kids who would absolutely LOVE this book and other titles like it. It was fun, educational, and uplifting. I liked that so much of the story was about friendship, working together, and learning new things. It has tons of great messages, but is still super fun. I would highly recommend this for any 4th-8th graders (ish) in your life who love magical tales and are probably too young for Harry Potter.

Such a cute story and perfect for elementary school children and/or reluctant readers.

What I liked:

- Nice recap of the first book so readers don't feel like they are missing key information.

- Magic, wizards, dragons, friendship

- Nice to see a character who loves to read and one who doesn't. It's comforting to be able to see yourself in a book.

- Awesome narration -- the reader did a great job with different voices and accents.

- Gentle lessons about compassion and caring for other people and animals

- Love the quiz at the end, I think kids will get a kick out of it!

Thank you Netgalley and Dreamscape Media, for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.

This was such a fun book to listen to and the narrator was excellent. She really brought the book to life. My kids can’t wait until the third one is released!

⭐⭐⭐.5

This is Book #2 in the Dragon in the Library series
This is a delightful story. If you ever wondered why Librarians are ‘always’ telling us to be quiet, you will find the true answer in this story. Okay I’ll tell you. It is because there is a dragon sleeping in the basement of the Library and we don’t want to wake him up.
In this story we find Kit, the youngest wizard making mistakes in training ~ she has a feeling that it is more than being the youngest and inexperienced that is causing her spells to be messed up.

Fun Middle school fantasy; the narrator Renee Dorian did a nice job in performing the characters.

Want to thank NetGalley and Dreamscape ~ for this audio eGalley. This file has been made available to me before publication in an early form for an honest professional review.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for February 8, 2022.

This is a heartwarming story about Kit, a young wizard who doesn’t know how to properly control/use her magic. Along with her two friends and the help of a librarian she begins a journey to a Scottish loch to find ways to help her.

My kids feelings and opinions:
We listened to this book in the car on the way to and from afternoon activities over the course of a week. My 4 year old son was surprisingly invested, considering this was his first audio experience apart from a few bedtime podcasts we have tried over the years. His 6 year old friend who is with us in the afternoons absoluter LOVED it!! Her mom told me that she asked every morning if today we got to listen to it again. She also insists on getting a physical copy so she may read it at night before bed.

My opinion:
I thought this was a great book for a young child. I loved the magic treehouse books when I was younger, and this story reminded me of those in a lot of ways. The narration on the audiobook was fun and vivid and I actually found myself intrigued and wrapped up in the story, eager to find out what’s next. If your child loves the magic treehouse and other childrens stories around wizards/mermaids/magic, this will be a great choice !

This is the 2nd book in the series. My 11 year old loved it. Kit and her friends have a wonderful strong bond. It deals with typical problems in childhood and she learns how to deal with an understand how her actions and attitude impact her friends.