Dragon Tales

By James Poniewozik

Emmy and her little brother Max (and with names like those, you can bet their folks are PBS donors) find a magic dragon scale and are whisked off to Dragon Land, where they encounter a gaggle of warm, goofy reptilian friends to whom they are just as strange as the monsters are to them. Besides fantasy and rich, hand-painted scenery, this animated series offers an encouraging message--don't be afraid of new situations--to a young audience exploring its own realm of freakish curiosities.

--J.P.