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64 pp.
| Candlewick |
September, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-2199-4$17.99
(3)
K-3
Adapted by Inga Moore.
Illustrated by
Inga Moore.
New illustrations accompany this abridgment of the classic tale of an unlikely friendship between a boy and a prim, poetry-loving dragon, who fakes a fight with knight St. George to placate the thrill-hungry villagers. The colored-pencil and ink illustrations, primarily in greens and browns, nicely play up the story's realistic elements--the boy's humility, the modest village--instead of the blustery bits.