Illustrated in elaborate line drawings, this picture book depicts a young boy looking for his dragon all around a city (New York?). In each 2 page spread, as the boy wonders what the dragon is doing, increasing numbers of related objects (5 water towers, 8 fire hydrants) etc. are identified in text and with splashes of color. The line-drawing dragon can be spotted in each spread as well.

Reminds me of some of the imaginative picture books of my childhood. The focus on city life is a nice touch. ( )

With a short text, plenty to count, and a dragon to locate on each page, Have You Seen My Dragon? makes for a fun read-aloud, but it's the potential to settle in and really explore all the details in the illustrations that makes this a rich read for me. ( )

The illustrations of this book are different than usual because the all of it is black and white except the animals that are being talked about on that certain page. This book can be used for pre-K students through 3rd grade because the younger children can learn about the animals, colors, and counting. In the classroom this book can be used in a math lesson so that students learn how to count up to 20. ( )

A boy has lost has lost his dragon and goes on an adventure trying to find him. He goes all around town asking everyone where his dragon went. There is a trick on every page, the book counts to 20 and as you go through each page there is an object that you must count that matches the page number.
I would read this to Pre-k through 1st grade when I am teaching my students how to count. ( )

Clever use of spot color in the busy, black-and-white drawings highlight objects to count in this book that is part "I Spy"/hide-and-seek, part counting, part tour around a city. ( )