Call of the Sound Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #16)

My son loves these books he is in 2nd grade. I don't even mind reading them to him some nights, they have very cute story lines! With just enough action to keep them interested, but not so much it keeps them up at night.

This series is my kids absolute favorite! Ages 7 & 8 we have been reading this series since it came out. We have pre ordered all we can and are always waiting for the new ones to be released. My son and daughter both really love this series. 1st and 2nd graders and kindergarteners love this series.

My son and I love this collection. We've been reading it for years and he's outgrown it now but we still preorder them and read it together. We started reading them when he was 4 and he's now 10.Drake, Worm (his dragon) and friends have some amazing adventures.

These are fabulous books for young readers. My children (boy and girl) love them. The diverse set of characters (young boys and girls from all over the magical world) get to tame dragons and save kingdoms and communities. The exciting adventures keep my children enthralled! My new reader (age 6) loves reading these to his younger sibling (age 4). They pick up the book and don't want to put it down until it is over. They both also love the sketches of the adventures throughout. They have read the entire series, and can't wait for the next book to come out! Thank you to the author - Tracy West!

love this author SO much. as soon as the. ook comes in my boys and I read it together for EVERY BOOK.captivating tale, great story, my boys love it (and so do i!!)

my children love it ... good for summer reading

My son loves this series. We have read all of the books except the new one that we are waiting on.

Bought for the grandsons and they devoured it, and begged for all the books in the series

We needed a good "first chapter" series with lots of pictures as for bedtime routine as picture books just became rather expensive. So I searched the internet and came across the recommendation for Scholastic's Dragon Masters book series.They LOVE all the characters/dragons in the books and love guessing what each person can do and what powers the dragons have.Whenever possible we use the Kindle edition and broadcast it to our TV via our Amazon Firebox (via wireless projection) so that everyone can see the text and the pictures. Unfortunately not all the books are available for Amazon Kindle, so some books we had to buy as hard paper and we are running out of space in our bookshelves as we have sooo many books, so we prefer electronic copies. Electronic copies also allow us to share it onto their Amazon Fire tablets for kids.Again, LOVED by all of our kids and we have different ages and grasp of the world. Unfortuantely we have read ALL the books available and now have to wait until March 2021 until the next book comes out.

I'm not a huge fan of the cliffhanger at the end of each book but my kids love this series so we keep reading them all!

Lovely stories though it is aimed at young readers... Well done little stories.

This is the 24th time I have read a Dragon Masters Book, and it show no sigh of slowing. The only thing that is going to slow us down is when we hit the end of the published stories and have to wait 3 or 4 months for the next one to release. To be honest I was thankful when my youngest wanted to return to these books. Seventeen of those reads have been in the last 6 months. As a family we love these books! A few years ago, I read the first eight books of this series to my son. Then his interest waned. I had purchased three of them but did not get around to reading them myself. Then my youngest wanted to return to them and we started over again. This year we also found out that my nephews have been reading them and that he was only 1 book ahead of us. He is reading the physical books and we are reading the eBook editions. This is another fun story in a great series. It is one of my daughters favorites. My youngest daughter is insistent that we will read the whole series. And she has spent her reading challenge money buying all the kindle editions that are available. Including Griffin’s Guide for Dragon Masters.This series continues to have staying power. I have read some of the stories 4 or 5 times now. And have been reading them for over 4 years. And I still enjoy the stories as do my children. My son who thought he had outgrown these stories has been sitting in and listening to his sister read them to me. It is also great to know that my brother’s family loves them as much as ours. It is fascinating to watch the kids interact and compare notes about the books that they are both reading. And to predict what will happen next based on the endings of the book, or title of the next as we queue it up.One of the great things about this series is that it is a true series. In that each story builds upon the last. The stories are strong enough to be read on their own, but as a whole we get to watch the growth of the group as they come together as a team and learn to work together and support each other. We see some characters come in and out of the stories. At the end there is usually a hint, or a hook for the next story.In this adventure we travel to the land of Remus and we meet new dragon master named Tessa and her dragon Sono. We are informed upon their meeting that:“Drake stared at the new dragon. A wavey pattern of rainbow colors rippled across her scales. She had 4 legs and no wings.”Both the dragon and master have a bit of a hippy look and feel to them. And my daughter loved the cover and pictures of the two. This volume is illustrated by Matt Loveridge, who also illustrated volume 14. The illustrator seems to change every book or two, and this is the first time I recall an illustrator skipping a volume and then returning. The illustrations keep a consistent feel and look. But each artist leaves their own mark on the books they work on. Some illustrations stand alone and some wrap around the text and span two-page spreads.In this volume the team is trying to stop a wizard battle. And it appears to be one of the riskiest adventures they have been on yet. One of the team is turned into a duck and not at all happy about it. But to find out which one you will need to read the book. They also have what appears to be an impossible task, to get a gem from the center of an unbreakable rock. This is the first time that we have encountered a Dragon Master with a physical disability. And what they do to overcome and compensate for it. It is great to have such a character in the story. And We hope it is sings of things to come. My daughter was looking forward to sharing with a classmate who has the same condition. And we hope she will get interested in these awesome books.This is another great read in a really fun series. This one was not as dark as the last few, but we know that more trials are yet to come. They are fun books for readers both young and young at heart. They can be enjoyed multiple times. I am impressed with the staying power of this series. Even after multiple reads over several years I still really enjoy returning to the Dragon Masters. And look forward too many more reads in this series, as my daughter is insistent, she will read them all to me! This book was given a quick and solid it 5/5 stars from my daughter and I would have given it 4. We had a long discussion about why and settled on 5 for the review. A great read in an excellent series.

My 5-6 year old loves this series. We read it together and he can’t wait for the next one! It’s perfect - the content is totally age appropriate (not violent, mean, or scary) but a bit longer and more involved. A great introduction to chapter books! (For comparison’s sake, we also read Boxcar Children, Pug Diaries, Stink, and The Princess in Black. We don’t like Geronimo Stilton.)