Embark on an amazing journey through a world of dragons with these eight tales from the acclaimed imagination of E.ย Nesbit. In โThe Book of the Beasts,โ a boy becomes king and is not prepared for the powerful magic inside a book he finds in the palace library. In โUncle James, or The Purple Stranger,โ visit a land where children can ride a guinea pig and a purple dragon wants a princess for a birthday present. Unseasonably warm weather awakens a hoard of dragons in โThe Deliverers of Their Country,โ and only two children can stop them from destroying Great Britain. Two children make a shocking discovery in โThe Ice Dragon, or Do as Your Toldโ after they follow the colorful northern lights all the way to the North Pole. Other stories included are โThe Island of the Nine Whirlpools,โ โThe Dragon Tamers,โ โThe Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold,โ and โKind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice.โ
Some of the dragons in this book are friendly, while others are frightening. But all of these tales are sure to delight readers of all agesย .ย .ย .