The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit, H. R. Millar (Illustrator), Peter Glassman (Afterword)

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In eight highly imaginative tales, beloved children’s author E. Nesbit gives us an extraordinary view of how dragons can shape the fates of princes, queens, and ordinary children alike. With an introduction by Newbery Award winner Ruth Stiles Gannett and line illustrations by H. R. Millar from the original 1901 edition, this middle-grade fantasy classic will enchant all ages.


From the Hardcover edition.

Publishers Weekly

And, the book from which it sprung, The Book of Dragons, which includes eight dragon stories originally published in The Strand magazine (according to an afterword), is available once more with H.R. Millar's original b&w illustrations and an otherworldly new cover by Caldecott Medal-winner Paul O. Zelinsky. ( Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

And, the book from which it sprung, The Book of Dragons, which includes eight dragon stories originally published in The Strand magazine (according to an afterword), is available once more with H.R. Millar's original b&w illustrations and an otherworldly new cover by Caldecott Medal-winner Paul O. Zelinsky. ( Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Children's Literature

British author E. Nesbit (1858-1924) is probably best known in the United States for The Railway Children and Five Children and It, both seminal-and entrancing-works of children's literature. It's a pleasure, then, to have this long out of print book available again at last. The eight short stories enclosed are all about dragons and fairy tales. Nesbit takes both subjects and reinterprets them with charm and a sense of drollness nearly unknown to contemporary authors. Child kings and princesses without kingdoms-but with plenty of heart-people these stories, and the dragons only ever eat villains. Nesbit's tales are filled with a very old-fashioned sense of right and wrong, and a certain out-of-fashion sentimentality as well. They cry out to be read aloud, and what better reason is there for reading them aloud to one's children? 2001 (orig. 1900), SeaStar Books, $14.95. Ages 6 to 10. Reviewer: Kathleen Karr

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