

Liza Jane & the Dragon
Author: Laura Lippman
Narrator: Mindy Kaling
Unabridged: 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/02/2018
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Animal Stories
Author: Laura Lippman
Narrator: Mindy Kaling
Unabridged: 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/02/2018
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Animal Stories
Laura Lippman is the New York Times bestselling author of Lady in the Lake and the Tess Monaghan novels. Lippman has won more than twenty awards for her crime fiction, including the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Strand Critics Awards.
When Liza Jane fires her parents and hires a dragon to take their place, she encounters a variety of problems, chief of which is the dragon's desire to set on fire everything that bothers, annoys, or makes life difficult for Liza Jane. While the thought of being fired doesn't thrill me as a parent,......more
This is a cleverly written and wonderfully illustrated book about many a young girl’s fantasy—replacing her sometimes frustrating parents with a new caretaker who gives her the magical life she imagines for herself. The dragon-like reactions to a succession of “that’s-life” annoyances take the reade......more
Read my full review here: [URL not allowed] Liza Jane is upset with her parents. Even though her life is excellent, with a canopy bed, pizza and a movie on Friday nights, and plenty of pretend dress-up clothes, Liza Jane feels put upon. She thinks her parents don’t listen to he......more