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Title: The Book of Dragons
Author: Edith Nesbit
Narrator: Laurie Anne Walden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-17-17
Publisher: SAGA Egmont
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
A dragon who flies out of a magical book; one whose purr quiets a fussy baby; another who eats an entire pack of tame hunting hippopotamuses: these eight dragon tales are filled with the imaginative wit of children's author Edith Nesbit.
©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont
Members Reviews:
Fabulous! Enchanting! BUT.... No illustrations in this Kindle edition
Our 10, 7 & 4 year old LOVED this book but do be aware that even though the illustrations are listed at the front of this Kindle edition there are actually none to be found! Or at least not in my copy! 8 different tales of dragons with princesses, boys and girls etc.
The stories included are as follows:
The Book of Beasts - Lionel becomes king at a young age and opens up a book belonging to his grandfather out of which flies a butterfly, a blue bird of Paradise and a red dragon.
Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger - Princess Mary Ann and Tom live on Rotundia where the animals are all the wrong sizes. Animals, like elephants, that we think should be large are small and animals that are normally small, like mice, are large on Rotundia.
The Deliverers of their Country - Effie gets something in her eye, only to discover it is a tiny dragon! More dragons start appearing everywhere. How to get rid of them?
The Ice Dragon, or do as you are Told - George and Jane disobey their parents by going out of their garden one evening and taking the "road" from London to the North Pole where they encounter the Ice Dragon and the Sealskin Dwarfs.
The Island of the Nine Whirlpools - story of a princess stranded on an island with a dragon and a griffin because the king was very cross with his wife for not specifying that she wanted a son! Nigel, a sailor boy watches the whirlpools and notices that for 5 minutes every day they are still. Once on the island he then has to do his sums to figure out exactly when that time will coincide with the dragon being asleep for 3 minutes.
The Dragon Tamers - John (a blacksmith), his wife and baby are humble people. How can they tame the dragon that appears?
The Fiery Dragon or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold - Story of Sabrinetta, a princess and Elfin, the owner of 75 pigs.
Kind Little Edmund, or the Caves and the Cockatrice - Edmund is a very curious little boy & so wants to discover the source of the rumblings he hears. No one believes his "stories" ever so he is often caned by the headmaster. (Please remember this book was written back when discipline in schools by caning was the norm.)
This is a keeper for our library. A wonderful classic, well written, imaginative book! I would have given this book 5 stars if the illustrations were included as they are really good.
Just good fun. Read them to your kids.
I had no idea what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised over and over and over. And over.
This collection of short stories was fun, the motivations of the children in each story well designed and believable, and each story emphasized choices being made and the consequences of their actions. The children are not a bunch of goody-goodies, sneaking off at night to the North Pole and such, but they learn moral lessons along the way.
Even though it's called the Book of Dragons and they do appear in each story, it's less about the dragons and more about the children.
