Best Children’s Book
A New Friend for Dragon
Bianca Schulze and Samara Hardy
Colorado author Bianca Schulze has been writing books in her Dragon series for years, and her latest, A New Friend for Dragon, is the best so far. Gorgeously, vividly illustrated by Schulze’s longtime collaborator, Samara Hardy, this new installment sees the titular character try to befriend a knight who just moved to town, despite the fact that everyone expects them to be enemies simply because of the identities they’ve been assigned. It’s a sweet, funny, heartstring-pulling tale of forging bonds and navigating stereotypes that any kid would be well-served to absorb. And probably most adults, to be honest.