- Hardcover
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Co; Limited edition (September 1983)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0030641624
- ISBN-13: 978-0030641626
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Warm colors and visual details portray a lively medieval village and complement Grahame's expressive prose. Ages 8-11.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Review
"The richly expressive prose of Kenneth Grahame continues to delight. The illustrations...bring to life the medieval-village scenes, full of warm colors and busy activities."--Language Arts
"The telling is delightfully tongue-in-cheek....Hague's paintings...create literal settings with appropriate details to hold our visual interest....His star attraction is an imaginative animal and he makes this reluctant dragon live."--School Library Journal, starred review
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
"The telling is delightfully tongue-in-cheek....Hague's paintings...create literal settings with appropriate details to hold our visual interest....His star attraction is an imaginative animal and he makes this reluctant dragon live."--School Library Journal, starred review
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A delightful and funny tale!,
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This review is from: The Reluctant Dragon (Paperback)
My 8-year daughter and I absolutely loved this charming book. It's longer than a regular picture book--we read it over 3 days. But it makes a truly wonderful book to share for bedtime, as it's a gentle, funny, and cheerful tale.The book tells the story of Saint George and the Dragon--or at least, a *version* of the story, Kenneth Grahame's version, which instead of being filled with violence is filled with gentle humour and friendship, not to mention Grahame's beautiful prose. The dragon in this story, who likes to write poetry and is too lazy to fight, is a thoroughly likeable character, and so is the kind and well mannered Saint George. We loved seeing this funny story play itself out and we loved the happy ending. One more comment--the publication we had was the one with illustrations by Micheal Hague, which were absolutely wonderful--the way he draws the dragon made us laugh just by looking at the pictures! He looks so cheerful and friendly.
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Wag the Dog.,
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This review is from: The Reluctant Dragon (Paperback)
This delightful story tells the tale of a boy who meets a kindly dragon on the edge of town. The boy and the dragon become friends and start spending a lot of time together. Then the people of the town find out about the dragon and send for St. George. The boy meets with St. George and takes him to meet the dragon. All three soon become friends and find themselves in a quandry. George doesn't want to kill the dragon and the dragon has no desire to kill George. A plan is hatched and at the end of the story everyone lives happily.It's really great reading this to younger children. It's got a great message about not prejudging others. It also shows how people can sometimes get everything they want, without anyone having to get hurt by it. That doesn't happen often, but it's nice to be reminded now and again that it can.
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A Treasure!,
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This review is from: The Reluctant Dragon (Paperback)
Author of historical fiction.This book is a treasure for your library. It brings endless pleasure, and is the kind of story that spans all ages. It is the tale of a boy and his dragon who lives up on the Downs. In spite of the bad reputation dragons have, the boy and he become quick friends. Saint George shows up to do battle with the reluctant lizard, and the boy arranges a mock battle, unbeknown to the villagers that pleases everyone.
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