The Book of Dragons
E. Nesbit
- Eight
- fun
- and
- fantastical
- children’s
- tales
- featuring
- marvelous
- dragons,
- from
- the
- author
- of
- The
- Railway
- Children
- and
- The
- Story
- of
- the
- Treasure
- Seekers.Embark
- on
- an
- amazing
- journey
- through
- a
- world
- of
- dragons
- with
- these
- eight
- tales
- from
- the
- acclaimed
- imagination
- of
- E.
- Nesbit.
- In
- “The
- Book
- of
- the
- Beasts,”
- a
- boy
- becomes
- king
- and
- is
- not
- prepared
- for
- the
- powerful
- magic
- inside
- a
- book
- he
- finds
- in
- the
- palace
- library.
- In
- “Uncle
- James,
- or
- The
- Purple
- Stranger,”
- 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
- “The
- Deliverers
- of
- Their
- Country,”
- and
- only
- two
- children
- can
- stop
- them
- from
- destroying
- Great
- Britain.
- Two
- children
- make
- a
- shocking
- discovery
- in
- “The
- Ice
- Dragon,
- or
- Do
- as
- Your
- Told”
- after
- they
- follow
- the
- colorful
- northern
- lights
- all
- the
- way
- to
- the
- North
- Pole.
- Other
- stories
- included
- are
- “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.”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
- ages
- .
- . .
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