Dragon Dog
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 1 Sept 2026
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- 3,99 €
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- Pre-Order
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of Grumpy Monkey comes a new character – part dragon, part dog, ALL FIERCE – in this hilarious, fire-snorting fantasy that celebrates friendship, courage, and the many forms fierceness (and fluffiness) can take.
When the evil wizard Simpkin Sowerbutts attempts to create a dragon as loyal as a dog and instead spawns a dog as fierce as a dragon, he banishes his embarrassing and so fluffy creation.
Outcast and alone, Dragon Dog roams the land looking for a home only to find foes around every corner. But Dragon Dog prides himself on being fierce - like a dragon - and defeats all who challenge him. Soon everyone in the land of Quatsch is afraid of him.
Everyone except a lost little lamb named Dandelion.
Dragon Dog help his new friend find her way back to her flock, and Dandelion helps Dragon Dog embrace his fluffy side and find a place to call home.
Oh yeah, and along the way they narrowly escape the jaws of the biggest, meanest dragon around.
An exciting and silly fantasy that shows readers we can be both fierce AND fluffy.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Equal parts creature feature and comforting comedy, this winning picture book from married collaborators Suzanne and Max Lang (Grumpy Monkey) puts a screwball spin on self-determination. "Mad wizard Simpkin Sowerbutts," depicted with gray skin, believes that "if I can create a dragon as loyal as a dog, everyone will obey me." Instead, he produces the inverse: a green fanged pup with stubby wings and a spiked tail who's more plush toy than apex predator. "Who you calling fluffy?" barks Dragon Dog when the wizard laments his mistake. "I'm fierce!" Refusing to be consigned to the dungeon, Dragon Dog escapes into a world that reminds him at every turn he's "too much dog to be a dragon, and too much dragon to be a dog." After his triumphs earn him a fearsome reputation, a lost little lamb named Dandelion recognizes him as something simpler: a loyal protector who might help her find her way. The plot's broad shape—exile, friendship, rescue, reframe—is familiar, but the wisecracking, dialogue-driven narrative piles on the giggles, while antic digital cartooning alternates gag-strip vignettes with fully rendered images that tip their hat to fantasy tropes. With a goofy and resolutely nonrestrictive takeaway—"I'm fierce and I'm fluffy!"—this is a very good boy of a book. Ages 4–8.
