The Land of the Spring Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #14)

{My thoughts} – Drake gets to go on his first adventure with Worm alone. He doesn’t get to take any of the other Dragon Masters or Dragons with him. He isn’t sure about it at first but he thinks if it can help save the Kingdom of Bracken then it is worth it.When Worm and him arrive in Inis Banba it is nothing like Drake had imagined. He meets the new Dragon Master named Breen and she tells him that her Dragon Fallyn won’t meet with him unless he travels through the Fairy Mound alone. She goes with him for most of the journey, but she isn’t able to help him. He goes through many different tests and some tricks, but eventually he makes his way through to meet Fallyn.Given that he is able to prove that he is pure of heart and that he doesn’t want to use Fallyn’s magic to cause trouble or chaos, Fallyn agrees to go back to Bracken and help.This was a really nice addition to the series. I enjoyed meeting the new Dragon Master and Dragon. I enjoyed getting to know Drake and Worm more. I really like this series as it is really well written. The story and the illustration go together nicely.I look forward to reading the next book in the series when it is released!

My son got one of these dragon masters book last summer from the library for free. We only got through couple chapters in the summer as he was just picking up reading. His reading improved a lot during the year and he asked me to get him the series during the school year. We had the 12 book set since end of last year but he never got to them. Once school closed in March he started reading all of them on his own. He can now read 1 book a day (this book is 6042 words according to the AR website). He just finished this book #14 & still super interested. I like how this series has some pictures which keeps the younger ones interested and also enough words for the starting readers to practice reading. Thanks to this dragon masters series my son is getting in the habit of reading on his own without me sitting with him. And how do I know he is actually reading the words and not just browsing through while looking at the pictures? He’s passing all the AR quizzes that is associated with the books! Love it!!

Scholastic's set labeled BRANCHES series are amazing books crafted to help readers transition to chapter books.**Larger Font **Smart Word Choices **More Pictures **Interesting StoriesMy daughter was a struggling reader and we came upon Dragon Masters due to my daughter's endless love for all things Dragon. At the time my daughter was 8-9 years old, absolutely loved all stories, had a high comprehension level but was struggling with reading (as a dyslexic she was playing catch up in decoding). Reading would lead to tears and frustration. Not with Dragon Masters. The design of the books gave her the freedom to read and to enjoy reading!Dragon Masters was the first book I found her reading on her own.I highly recommend this or other Branches books if your student struggles. Not only that, but after many hard years of work to close the reading gap, my daughter still loves this series. We buy the books the books the day they are released. Only now they simply last a day and have been read completely. Definitely a problem that this mom of a struggling reader welcomes! :)

My 5 year old found Volume 1 in a library by chance. We took it home and read it together that day. She loved it and couldn't stop talking about it. Fast forward and we now have every single book in the series. We've probably read them all at least twice over.These are her first chapter books. They are a great transition away from picture books. They are exciting but not scary, and leave good cliff hangers so they want to keep reading. We have been buying the books for friends' kids and they are always a hit.Keep them coming!

The Dragon Masters series was what convinced my son that reading is fun. He loves the characters and story lines, and actually, I do too! They're not overly simplistic, but not scary in any way. The words and language style are not complex, but not babyish either. My son started reading these books in 2nd grade at age 7 (when he was JUST beginning to read on his own), and even though he's now 8.5 and reading much longer and more advanced books, he still asks when the next Dragon Masters book will be released.