This picture book debut from award-winning, "New York Times"-bestselling crime fiction author Lippman offers a timely parable about family values, a little girl, and a dragon. Full color.
This enjoyable book delivers a lesson, and its playful drawings invite the young reader into a wonderful place somewhere between fantasy and reality.
--New York Times Book ReviewA girl frustrated with her parents' rules fires them and hires a dragon to take their place.
--Publishers Weekly, Included in Fall 2018 AnnouncementsWhile mystery writer Laura Lippmann's debut picture book, Liza Jane and the Dragon (Akashic, Oct.), illustrated by Kate Samworth, actually is being marketed towards children, it's also an allegory for the 2016 election. Liza Jane is a little girl who fires her parents and hires as her new parent a fire-belching dragon that drives away her friends and looks suspiciously like Trump.
--Publishers Weekly, Included in Roundup of Political Books related to Donald TrumpLaura Lippman, who is best known for her gritty thrillers for adult readers, has written her debut picture book, Liza Jane and the Dragon, illustrated by Kate Samworth, definitely for children. Adult readers, however, will likely recognize that this isn't simply a tale about a girl and her dragon; it's also an allegory of the 2016 election: Liza Jane fires her parents and hires a dragon with an orange mane to be her new parent.
--Publishers Weekly, Included in feature on Trumpian Political HumorThis appealing debut picture book is enriched by the strategic use of color in Samworth's dreamy illustrations, and kids will roar at the dragon's outrageous antics. This delightfully quirky read deserves a place in most collections.
--School Library JournalWritten with an impressive originality by Laura Lippman and illustrated with the exceptionally artwork of Kate Samworth, Liza Jane & the Dragon is unreservedly recommended.
--Midwest Book ReviewIncluded in the Bay Area Reporter's Fall 2018 Reading GuideBestselling crime fiction author Lippman's picture book debut tells the story of what happens when Liza Jane fires her mom and dad and hires the first applicant who comes to the door to be her new parent. The only problem is that the dragon has only one response to all problems: opening his mouth and belching fire. No one wants to play with