An enchanting companion title to Andy Shepherd and Sara Ogilvie's bestselling THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS series
Andy Shepherd (Author)
Andy Shepherd is a children's writer working on middle-grade
fiction. She lives near Cambridge with her husband and two
sons.
Sara Ogilvie (Illustrator)
Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator. She was born in
Edinburgh in 1971 and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. Sara's many
picture books include THE DETECTIVE DOG by Julia Donaldson, THE
WORST PRINCESS by Anna Kemp, and IZZY GIZMO by Pip Jones. Her
middle grade fiction includes Phil Earle's DEMOLITION DAD (and
others in the Storey Street series).
www.saraogilvie.com
What a whirlwind of a book this is. Part guide to growing and
caring for dragons and part story. Following on from the very
popular five 'Dragon' series of books this is introduced as an
Essential Guide for all would be Dragon Gardeners.
Tomas is obsessed by dragons and has had numerous adventures and
encounters alongside his friends and Grandpa in the previous books
in the series. This 'guide' aims to pull together all of Tomas'
knowledge and advice. Although Tomas' friends from the previous
books are now scattered all over the world, they speak regularly to
each other through various electronic means to share their
thoughts, ideas and dragon facts.
There is a wonderful mix of madcap facts, stories and conversations
that will delight 'Dragon' fans, told through text messages, fact
cards (a bit like top trumps) and chats. Each facet of the book is
differentiated by a change in text style to make it easily
distinguishable. There are wonderful, lively black and white
illustrations throughout by Sara Ogilvie which really enhance the
story. The text is accessible and interesting with a good layout,
leaving plenty of white space on the pages for those who maybe find
reading tricky. Whilst there is a narrative story running
throughout the book it can also be a pickup and put down read for
the more nonfiction style of reader. However, this is a story, and
we are talking about dragons, so we do have to go with the flow so
to speak.
There are some fascinating insights into dragon care! I
particularly liked 'Where to keep your dragon; Before you grow a
dragon, make sure you have somewhere warm and cosy for it to sleep.
Hats are fine, but a shoebox is ideal!' Who knew!
This is a great fun read that will captivate those 'dragon' minded
youngsters out there.
*Just Imagine*
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