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Dragons Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
3.0

Not quite as good as the first one, but still a fun read. Claudette's grumpy dad has gone off to retrieve his sword from the dragon that ate most of his limbs, and the kids trail after him. As do a collection of princes who are after Marie's hand in marriage, given her increasing fame as a potential princess. And it's all very entertaining, but with so much going on (and with the book only three-quarters of the length of Giants Beware!) there's not as much focus on the relationship between the three main kids, and that was the best part of Giants. Claudette, Marie, and Gaston remain the highlights, but the friendship between them is generally funnier and more interesting than any number of panels with attacking dragons, so it's a little bit of a shame that the focus has shifted.