Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

This could be a good book to discuss lies, subtlety, nuance, sarcasm, etc with children. There is obviously a dragon throughout the book. The "interactive" portion is where the kid is expected to shake the book near the end to get more dragons out of the walls. I don't know, but when I was a kid, I would have found this all very confusing, upsetting and frustrating.
The dragons are large, but very friendly and childlike with smiles, glasses and very colorful. The family and children in the book are also quite diverse.

This is a cute look-for-it picture book. I didn’t find the story or artwork the best but this would be appropriate for kids who love dragons.

This is a fun book about dragons and family dynamics. The art is beautiful and the tone is light. I would definitely read this to a child.

This book really engages the reader and kids in general. The author makes prompts to the reader to help with the dragons in the book. I love that because it seems less monotonous to kids and helps sustain their attention.

I will admit I am not a fan of the illustrations in the book. But I think it'll be a personal preference whether it bothers you as a reader or your audience or not.

Thank you to #DonnaLamboWeidner and #NetGalley for the ARC.

This book will be very fun for one-on-one storytime but might be difficult to adapt to a group storytime where kids can't get up close with the illustrations.

There are No Dragons in the Book was written by Donna Lambo-Weidner and illustrated by Carla Haslbauer.

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for this ecopy in exchange for an honest review.

I thought that the book was loosely executed. All I can say is that it wasn't for me.

This is the perfect and quick book for a young reader. The illustrations were quite fun and colorful, and the story would be entertaining for the intended reader.

"There Are No Dragons in This Book" by Donna Lambo-Weidner with illustrations by Carla Haslbauer is a picture book for young readers challenging them to find any dragons.

This is an interactive picture book that declares there are no dragons, but will have children giggling and searching for fire-breathing creatures on every page. In spite of the narrators claims, there are plenty of dragons to be found hidden in plain sight.

It’s a cute book, but the illustrations feel a little loose in execution. The narrative works, but oddly, I recently read a similar book that was executed better, but can you really have too many dragons in hiding books?

Thank you to NetGalley and NorthSouth Books for the opportunity to read an advanced reader's copy of this book for an honest review.

“There are No Dragons in This Book” by Donna Lambo-Weidner was incredibly cute and a super fun story for younger readers to spot the…well…the things in the book that weren’t dragons but looked similar to dragons ;)

I could definitely see kids coming back to this book again and again! It’s a fun story for adults to read to younger children as well.

This book was adorable! From the colorful and funny pictures to the silly rhymes and story. My youngest was giggling throughout our read of the book. She kept looking at the pictures to assist her in solving the mystery of what was in the book. Thank you to NetGalley and NorthSouth Books for an advanced copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own!

**ARC provided by NetGalley for honest review**

There are No Dragons in This Book by Donna Lambo-Weidner is a cure picture book where there are definitely no dragons. Nope. Not a one. Follow the trail and evidence to see for yourself if that's true or not. ;-)

I need to first express my understanding at just how difficult it is to be an author/illustrator [neither of which I would be ANY good at] and how difficult it is to get books published and I recognize the hard work both the author AND illustrator put into this book.

That said...

This book really didn't work for me. I understand the concept, but it felt forced and the "bait and switch", when it finally happened felt...meh, kind of like the "boy who cried wolf" story. And reading this on the kindle made it impossible to read some of it [which WILL work with a physical book, but not ever with a tablet and/or a computer]; having to turn it just didn't work in that format.

And then there are the illustrations [and this is not a good thing]...they are like a child drew them, with colored pencil, with really weird perspective and a very odd color scheme of purple and orange [even the adults have notes of these colors]. But what really bothers me are the expressions. All of the people [but especially the adults, like they are angry that they too, are being lied to about the dragons] in the illustrations are making bizarre angry expressions. They are not remotely cute, often made me uncomfortable and don't fit the text at all. It's very off-putting and mildly disturbing.

I just didn't get into this one and I am both disappointed and unable to recommend this to anyone.

I was invited to read/review this by the publishers [NorthSouth Books INC] and I thank them, the author and illustrator, and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Cute sorry that my daughter really enjoyed! She loved shaking the dragons out!

Thank you NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC.

What do you see on the page? In this picture book regular human items are described, yet the illustrations might tell a different story. Hidden behind ordinary things there might be something scaly in need of help. Work together and maybe there will be dragons in the book!

The illustrations are creative and funny, with things to find! Awesome book!

Thanks to Netgalley and NorthSouth for the ARC of this!

This was such a silly picture book! My 7 year old really enjoyed it. Good for fans of There is a Monster at the End of this Book.

A lovely book I loved. Cute, lovely illustrations, well plotted
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Thank you to the author, NorthSouth Books and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This children's book geared toward younger preschool children is a wonderful way to sharpen observation skills - because in spite of the title, *of course* there are dragons in this book. There are hints on every page, as the book takes us through the entire house, and it's fun to see who can find the hints.

The book was just about what I expected- no real story, just hidden dragons on each page for children to gleefully spot. I liked the interactive bits to get the child involved. The illustrations were disappointing, however; very juvenile looking, almost as if they were drawn by a child . . . which could work in some situations, but, sadly, not in this case.

Very short and sweet book. I think kids would like the parts that ask you to shake it and interact with the book!