Today the family took a trip to Chapel Hill Comics–our favorite local comic book shop–to get a signed copy of Ursula Vernon’s newest illustrated children’s book. Dragonbreath (published by Dial Books) is the story of Danny Dragonbreath, a young dragon who attends the Herpatix-Phibbias School for Reptiles and Amphibians. Life is tough for Danny–he cannot breath fire, he gets harassed by bullies, and he has just failed his science paper on “The Ocean.” In order to pass, he must base his rewrite on actual research. This is where the cephalopods come in, of course, and not just the giant squid depicted on the cover. Danny also meets an octopus and a Vampyroteuthis, as well as a plethora of other sea creatures.

I’m not going to give away anymore of the story because you must go buy Dragonbreath now! The Management here at Indie Squid Kid strongly encourages you to support your local comic book shop or independent bookseller, but you can always buy Dragonbreath at Amazon.com…if you really have to. Maybe because you have no feet.

Ursula’s painting “The Squid Tree” was featured here during last year’s Art Week. You can find out more about Ursula’s work at www.ursulavernon.com (comics and kid’s books) and www.redwombatstudio.com (art, often for grownups).