The Paper Dragon

Written by Marguerite W. Davol · Illustrated by Robert Sabuda

A humble painter must face a fearsome dragon to save his village.

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60 pages· 1,799 words· Est. 14 min read-aloud· 850L

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Bookroo's summary

Mi Fei, a humble scroll painter, lives peacefully until a dragon awakens, threatening his village. As chaos looms, the villagers turn to Mi Fei, believing his artistic vision holds the key to taming the beast. Can Mi Fei's creativity and love for his community conquer the dragon's fury? In a tale where art meets courage, discover if one man's brush can save them all.

From the publisher

Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Between each day’s sunrise and sunset, he paints scenes of the gods and their festivals’ portraits of heroes and their deeds. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded by people he loves.

But one day a messenger enters the village with terrible news: the dragon Sui Jen has awakened from its hundred years’ sleep and is destroying everything in its path. Someone must find a way to return Sui Jen to its slumber. To the villagers, only one among them is wise enough to confront the scaly beast– Mi Fei.

The power of the artist’s vision and the ever-sustaining nature of love are brought together in Marguerite W. Davol’s beautiful story, strikingly interpreted by Robert Sabuda in a series of gatefold illustrations that convey the storytelling majesty of the Chinese narrative scrollmaker’s art.