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George often feels overlooked...then one day he sees a dragon and no one else sees it. Then he sees more dragons, these mischievous animals are causing all sorts of problems...George needs to take the dragons to a place where they will be safe...he starts building a huge dragon machine that has a beginning, a middle and an end...And he leads the dragons to a place where they will be safe...This is a beautifully illustrated book, where Wayne feels the author’s tale and brings it to life.
Matthew is reading a book and beyond belief, a dragon pops of the page! And soon Matthew is as small as the dragon and going on an adventure...saved by the dragon he also gets to soar high in the sky on the dragon until it is time to go home and back to sleep.
Originally written in 1936, this book is still popular today...must mean it’s good. Belinda is truly brave...and as the rhyming story goes, Ink the cat is brave, Blink her mouse is brave and Mustard her dog is brave...but alas...the dragon is not brave...but a Pirate jumps in her window, and it is “realio, trulio her pet dragon” who saves the day. The art work is as we say her at Whimsy, “splendiferous!”
The "Whimsy" of knight and dragon pictures books, newly released! The King in his rush to the royal bath, blows a kiss to the Prince...unfortunately the kiss misses...and flies right out the Prince's window! What calamity ensues as the Knight is ordered to retrieve the kiss! He's off on his trusty steed...what's this a dark forest, oh no, not a fierce dragon to battle in an attempt to catch the kiss in his net...the "whimsical" and imaginative drawings will leave everyone with a deep down rib-tickling laugh!
"The Book of Dragons", by E. Nesbit is adapted into picture book for young children. In this fantasy story, Master Lionel is informed that he is to be crowned Kin! The young King, just a boy is curious and opens a magical book in his grandfather's library. Out pops dragons that wreck mayhem on his kingdom. How will he outwit the dragon and get it to re-enter the book...and save his kingdom? A wonderful tale of wit and wisdom...Inga has given us some enchanted illustrations to go with this gallant tale.
Dragon saves a fat cat from the snow...and decides to take care of it...but he has no idea about how to take care of a cat. Dave's boisterous humor has the Dragon putting the cat on the toilet! Dragon heads out to the pet store to stock up on items for the cat - then forgets the cat! What will he do? Will he find the cat? Read this and other Dragon stories by Dave Pilkey, they are fun filled beginning readers.
"Pa" raises crops, his daughter raises dragons! A young girl finds a big, smooth rock...crack..."Hank" a little green dragon emerges. The young girl raises the dragon, she feeds him, reads stories to him and takes rides on his back. Soon he is too big for the farm and the little girl must find him a home, which off course is an island, shaped like a dragon. She will miss him, but when she gets home, she find more smooth rocks! This wonderfully told tale is illustrated to perfection with beautiful colors for any dragon lover to enjoy over and over again.
Dexter, a young dragon learns how to blow smoke! Wonderful, right...no according to friends, because he keeps blowing smoke in their face and blowing smoke rings around his tail! He soon learns his lesson about friendship and finds that he can make popcorn by breathing on corn! This book can now be considered a dragon classic, it has been around since 1953 and is a favorite book of children.
Ruth has written three stories about Elmer and dragons "My Father's Dragon," "Elmer and the Dragon" and "My Father's Dragon". This story begins with a baby dragon who falls and hurts his wing, unable to fly, he is captured. He then tells his woes to a cat, in hopes that he can find someone to rescue him. Elmer, a boy of nine, plans an ingenious way to free the dragon and return him to his island. Ruth weaves fantastical tales about dragons and how they live. Ruth Chrisman has made beautiful lithographs for this story for young readers. |
