The Book of Dragons

by Edith Nesbit, Mint Editions (Contribution by)

Overview

Who doesn't love dragons? Whether they're breathing fire or thrashing their tails, frightful or friendly, gigantic or tiny, their adventures are always filled with magic and surprises -- and sometimes even humor.

In this exciting collection, E. Nesbit unleashes a flock of these mysterious, wild, and unpredictable creatures. Here you will meet a dragon who flies out of an enchanted book and swallows an entire soccer team; two children who try to wake St. George while dragons of all shapes and sizes descend on England; and wicked Prince Tiresome, who trades half his kingdom with a pigkeeper to catch a raging dragon. Five more stories will take you to worlds overflowing with daring adventure, cunning trickery, and madcap mayhem.

The Book of Dragons, featuring eight of E. Nesbit's best stories and all of the original illustrations by H. R. Millar, returns one hundred years after its original publication to delight and enchant a new generation of readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781513274744
Publisher:	Mint Editions
Publication date:	01/05/2021
Series:	Mint Editions (The Children's Library)
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	102
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	8 - 13 Years

About the Author

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer of children’s literature. Born in Kennington, Nesbit was raised by her mother following the death of her father—a prominent chemist—when she was only four years old. Due to her sister Mary’s struggle with tuberculosis, the family travelled throughout England, France, Spain, and Germany for years. After Mary passed, Edith and her mother returned to England for good, eventually settling in London where, at eighteen, Edith met her future husband, a bank clerk named Hubert Bland. The two—who became prominent socialists and were founding members of the Fabian Society—had a famously difficult marriage, and both had numerous affairs. Nesbit began her career as a poet, eventually turning to children’s literature and publishing around forty novels, story collections, and picture books. A contemporary of such figures of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, Nesbit was notable as a writer who pioneered the children’s adventure story in fiction. Among her most popular works are The Railway Children (1906) and The Story of the Amulet (1906), the former of which was adapted into a 1970 film, and the latter of which served as a profound influence on C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series. A friend and mentor to George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells, Nesbit’s work has inspired and entertained generations of children and adults, including such authors as J.K. Rowling, Noël Coward, and P.L. Travers.

Table of Contents

I	The Book of Beasts	3
II	Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger	23
III	The Deliverers of Their Country	45
IV	The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told	65
V	The Island of the Nine Whirlpools	89
VI	The Dragon Tamers	111
VII	The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold	133
VIII	Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice	155
IX	Afterword	175

Editorial Reviews

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.

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