The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit, Fiction, Fantasy & Magic - Softcover

Nesbit, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606641069 ISBN 13: 9781606641064

Publisher: Aegypan, 2008

Synopsis

The sparkling stories from the author of Five Children and It and many other classics: "Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger," "The Deliverers of Their Country," "The Ice Dragon, or Do as You are Told," "The Island Of the Nine Whirlpools," "The Dragon Tamers," "The Fiery Dragon, or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold," and "Kind Little Edmund, or the Caves and the Cockatrice." These stories -- written in 1900 for The Strand magazine -- still charm and sparkle like pixie dust and dragon's gems for young and old alike more than a century later.

About this title

Synopsis:

THE DRAGON JUMPED OUT OF THE STORYBOOK! The storybook's called "The Book of Beasts" and there's that darned dragon, all fangs and claws and fire and hunger. Can Lionel cram it back in somehow, before the whole town gets eaten? That's just one of the eight tales of magic and delight here, folks! The other sparkling stories from the author of Five Children and It and many other classics? "Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger," "The Deliverers of Their Country," "The Ice Dragon, or Do as You are Told," "The Island Of the Nine Whirlpools," "The Dragon Tamers," "The Fiery Dragon, or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold," and "Kind Little Edmund, or the Caves and the Cockatrice." These stories -- written in 1900 for The Strand magazine -- still charm and sparkle like pixie dust and dragon's gems for young and old alike more than a century later.

About the Author:

Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) was an English author and poet. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of fiction for children. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organization later affiliated with the Labour Party. Nesbit published approximately 40 books for children, including novels, collections of stories and picture books. Collaborating with others, she published almost as many more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1606641069
• ISBN 13: 9781606641064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108