Fr. 17.90

The Trouble with Dragons

English · Paperback / Softback

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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

About the author

Debi Gliori is the award-winning writer and illustrator of over eighty picture books and novels for children of all ages, including the bestselling modern classic No Matter What (Bloomsbury) and the Mr Bear series (Orchard). Her picture book about depression, Night Shift (Templar), was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also author of the Little Owl series of books, illustrated by Alison Brown, for Bloomsbury. Debi lives near Edinburgh and has twice been writer-in-residence in the Shetland Isles. Her favourite colour is blue or, more precisely, four different shades of blue: cerulean blue, cobalt blue, Mediterranean turquoise blue and warm ultramarine blue. She has sold over 600,000 books in the UK alone.Debi Gliori is the award-winning writer and illustrator of over eighty picture books and novels for children of all ages, including the bestselling modern classic No Matter What (Bloomsbury) and the Mr Bear series (Orchard). Her picture book about depression, Night Shift (Templar), was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also author of the Little Owl series of books, illustrated by Alison Brown, for Bloomsbury. Debi lives near Edinburgh and has twice been writer-in-residence in the Shetland Isles. Her favourite colour is blue or, more precisely, four different shades of blue: cerulean blue, cobalt blue, Mediterranean turquoise blue and warm ultramarine blue. She has sold over 600,000 books in the UK alone.

Product details

Authors Debi Gliori, Gliori Debi
Assisted by Debi Gliori (Illustration), Gliori Debi (Illustration)
Publisher Bloomsbury
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation up to age 5
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 06.07.2009
 
EAN 9780747595410
ISBN 978-0-7475-9541-0
No. of pages 32
Dimensions 244 mm x 274 mm x 5 mm
Series Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Subjects Children's and young people's books > Picture books

JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Picture storybooks, Interest age: from c 3 years, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment, Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Picture books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dragons

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