In 1992 Mythopoeic Award Nominated Coville's Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher for Best Children's Fantasy Literature. 'Always grab the reader by the throat in the first line,' says Bruce Coville, author of 'Jeremy Thatcher: Dragon Hatcher,' winner of the 1994 Utah Children's Book Award. Lewis said 'Sometimes the best way to tell the truth is to tell a fairy tale.' I can only say that, for me, fantasy is a way of telling an amusing and engaging story and fantasy fiction sometimes addresses important issues at a deeper level than realistic fiction does. But I can't address magic across the spectrum because different people have different feelings about it. It went back on the shelf after a protracted discussion and once I got involved in the issue. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher has been taken off the shelf in one school district for what they called 'satanic content'-the presence of the dragon, the chicken livers, the silver gleam, and the use of black and red colors here and there in the book. What are your thoughts about the social implications of 'magic' in the lives of our children? Is the use of 'magic' in your books just fantasy, just fun?Ī: Sometimes kids do a much better job at telling the difference between fantasy and reality than a group of adults. 'Q: As you know, there has been a lot of social controversy about exposing kids to reality vs. Kirkus Reviews wrote that it was 'A funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth.'Īccording to Christopher Paolini, it also served as inspiration for his book Eragon, as he had loved the story's dragon-hatching storyline. Yet, some say that there is a fine line between 'fantasy' and 'reality'. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher has gained positive reviews.

How is he supposed to keep a flame-breathing dragon with razor-sharp teeth and an out-of-control appetite in his bedroom? If the playful baby dragon is ever to grow up to become a magnificent beast of myth and legend, it needs Jeremy and though he doesn't know it yet, Jeremy needs a dragon with a strong connection. Elive's magic shop with a strange marbled egg, it soon becomes clear that this is one pet he wasn't prepared for. Jeremy Thatcher knows a thing or two about raising animals-after all, his dad is a veterinarian. It was issued in paperback by Aladdin Books and reissued by Harcourt in 2007. It was published by in 1991 by the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich imprint Jane Yolen Books. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher is a novel by Bruce Coville and is part of the Magic Shop Books.

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