The Tea Dragon Festival

by Katie O'Neill

Katie O'Neill (Artist) and K. O'Neill (Artist)

"Gentle, inclusive, andheartwarming, Tea Dragon Festival will bewitch existing fans and new readersalike." - Jen Wang (The Prince and theDressmaker)

Revisitthe enchanting world of Tea Dragons with an all-new companion story to thetwo-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novel The Tea DragonSociety!
"Gentle, inclusive, andheartwarming, Tea Dragon Festival will bewitch existing fans and new readersalike." - Jen Wang (The Prince and the Dressmaker)

Revisit the enchantingworld of Tea Dragons with an all-new companion story to the two-time EisnerAward-winning graphic novel The Tea Dragon Society!

Rinn has grown up with theTea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turnsout to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who wasappointed to protect the village but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago.With the aid of Rinn's adventuring uncle Erik and his partner Hesekiel, theyinvestigate the mystery of his enchanted sleep, but Rinn's real challenge is tohelp Aedhan come to terms with feeling that he cannot get back the time he haslost.

Critically-acclaimedgraphic novelist Katie O'Neill delivers another charming, gentle fantasy storyabout finding your purpose, and the community that helps you along theway.

• ISBN10: 1620106558
• ISBN13: 9781620106556
• Publish Date: 17 September 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Oni Press,US
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 136
• Language: English

Reviews

[Pigpen.Reads]

I received an arc from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

What a delightful story I just read. It had good characters, it had a "dilemma" and solution, and it was inclusive! The graphics is this book are lovely and bold.

I have heard about the Tea Dragon Society for awhile now, I picked it up and read it. Shortly after, this arc appeared! I'm so glad I was able to read this one.

[katie]

Beautiful story, beautiful illustrations, beautiful everything. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

The Tea Dragon Festival is the second Tea Dragon graphic novel from Katie O'Neill. Due out 17th Sept. 2019 from Oni, it's 136 pages and will be available in hardback format.

I reviewed the first book in 2017 and am happy to report that this book is just as sweetly charming and beautifully crafted as the first book. The artist author is so adept with art that supports and enhances the narrative. The illustrations are very colorful and vibrant.

Although this book is ostensibly aimed at middle readers (age 8-12), I found it a charming and very enjoyable read. This would make a superlative read-to-me book for young children or a read-along. The book's message of kindness, gentleness, inclusivity, and working cooperatively for mutual benefit are -so- necessary and timely. The author manages to convey the messages without ever being strident or preachy. I also liked that one of the characters uses sign language and at least to some degree, the other characters have picked up different signs (which are drawn in the book).

The characters look and act differently from one another and appear to be different ethnicities and it's no big deal.

I loved this book. The author is gifted and generous to share her stories with us. Looking forward to more. (Please).

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.