The Trouble With Dragons
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
NOMINATED FOR THE KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL
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'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
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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.
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'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
Brilliantly read by Emilia Fox. Please note that audio is not supported by all devices, please consult your user manual for confirmation.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gliori's (No Matter What) heedless, self-centered dragons think they can treat the earth like a doormat: they overconsume and overpopulate, and they "chop down the forests/ which melts both the Poles/ and punctures the atmosphere/ full of big holes." And as if that's not enough to turn readers green (in a good way, of course), Gliori pulls out the big visual guns: why, that's Santa himself, standing in the puddle that was once his home and all the waterlogged presents are floating away! Gliori's impressive gifts are finely showcased: her flair for detailed, dramatic landscapes, her ability to create characters that are cute but still emotionally authentic, her conversational writing style that scores points without sounding preachy. It all adds up to a work that's both sobering and encouraging: showing chastened dragons joyfully reconciled with civil society, she writes, "There's enough to go round if we all share." To the rapidly proliferating genre of environmentally conscious kids' books, this is a noteworthy addition. Ages 3 6.
