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48 pp.
| Candlewick |
November, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-1579-X$$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Inga Moore.
This is an abridged story from Nesbit's The Book of Dragons. Young Lionel is building a palace with his blocks one morning when Nurse comes in with a startling announcement: "Master Lionel, dear, they've come to fetch you to go and be King." The cheerfully understated text and the glorious watercolor illustrations show a quintessentially British child in sweater, shorts, and crown, going off to deal with a dragon.