King Jack and the dragon vs Swimmy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Courage, Picture books, Fear, Children's fiction, Fiction
King Jack and the dragon
Jack, Zack, and Caspar build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Sir Zack, then Caspar, and King Jack is left to face night creatures alone.
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Swimmy
“A happy school of little fish lived in a corner of the sea somewhere.”
(Age 3-7) (Pre-K to 2) ''A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.'' Deep in the sea there lives a happy school of little fish. Their watery world…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- King Jack and the dragon has the widest readership — 1557 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| King Jack and the dragon | Swimmy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (1557) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.8 (19) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (22) |
Reception
| King Jack and the dragon | Swimmy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1557 | 22 |
| Editions | 12 | 45 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 78 |
| Pages | 32 | 32 |