The Trouble With Dragons
The Trouble With Dragons
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Summary
A sensational new picture book by Debi Gliori, creator of the bestselling No Matter What A cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet - featuring dragons!
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The Trouble With Dragons by Debi Gliori
NOMINATED FOR THE KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL _______________ ‘Gently introduces pre-schoolers to global warming ... It ends with the reassuring hope that we can change and make our world better' - National Geographic ‘Delightfully illustrated' - The Sunday Telegraph _______________ From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes a cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet - featuring dragons! The world is populated by some beastly dragons who care nothing for how much they pollute the oceans, chop down the trees, gobble up all the food and use everything up without stopping to think. Those dragons need to wake up to what they are doing to their world before it is too late ... An energy-filled picture book that addresses concerns about the environment in the most child-centric and delightful way possible. _______________ ‘Tackles global warming for pre-schoolers: no easy task but beautifully done as an allegory of wasteful dragons who heat the world by breathing fire' - Sunday Express magazine
‘The combination of simple rhyming text and fantastical, detailed illustrations delivers a strong ecological message' * The Scotsman *
‘Delightfully illustrated' * The Sunday Telegraph *
‘Her richly illustrated cautionary tale. . gently introduces pre-schoolers to global warming . . . It ends with the reassuring hope that we can change and make our world better' * National Geographic *
‘Tackles global warming for pre-schoolers: no easy task but beautifully done as an allegory of wasteful dragons who heat the world by breathing fire' * Sunday Express magazine *
‘Delightfully illustrated' * The Sunday Telegraph *
‘Her richly illustrated cautionary tale. . gently introduces pre-schoolers to global warming . . . It ends with the reassuring hope that we can change and make our world better' * National Geographic *
‘Tackles global warming for pre-schoolers: no easy task but beautifully done as an allegory of wasteful dragons who heat the world by breathing fire' * Sunday Express magazine *
Debi Gliori lives in Scotland. She is well known for both her picture books and her novels for children and has been shortlisted for all the major prizes, including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Scottish Arts Council Award.
Debi published her first book in 1990 and since then has published so many successful books that she has lost count. However, one of the most successful to date is No Matter What.
Debi was the Shetland Islands' first Children's Writer-in-Residence.
Debi published her first book in 1990 and since then has published so many successful books that she has lost count. However, one of the most successful to date is No Matter What.
Debi was the Shetland Islands' first Children's Writer-in-Residence.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780747595410 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747595410 |
| Title | The Trouble With Dragons |
| Author | Debi Gliori |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2009-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |