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Aventurine is the fiercest, bravest kind of dragon, and she's ready to prove it to her family by leaving the safety of their mountain cave and capturing the most dangerous prey of all: a human.

But when the human she captures tricks her into drinking enchanted hot chocolate, she finds…

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2 authors picked The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

There are dragons. And chocolate. What more could anyone want?

My son loves this book because the main character, Aventurine, gets to resolve big, scary things without hurting anyone. Even giant, fire-breathing dragons can be talked out of destroying the city once you understand what they want.

Also, his mother tends to make more desserts when this book is in the bedtime reading rotation. Yum!

Aventurine is so tired of being cooped up in the cave all day. The rest of her family thinks she’s too young to venture out, but she’s convinced she can handle the world. When she sneaks away to prove it, she’s tricked into drinking hot chocolate that turns her from a dragon into a human! She works her way to the village chocolate shop and earns an apprenticeship there, making lots of new friends, and some enemies, along the way. Aventurine discovers a deep love for chocolate, for how it can affect the way people feel, and realizes she’s been…

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