A Tale of Two Dragons

Author: Geraldine McCaughrean

Title: A Tale of Two Dragons

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 32

Release Date: 2022-11-01

Details: About the Author

Geraldine McCaughrean has written more than 170 books, published in 61 countries and and her work has been translated into over 45 languages. She is a three-time recipient of the Whitbread/Costa Children's Book Award, the Michael L. Printz Award and a double Carnegie Medal winner.

Peter Malone has worked for many years as a successful children's illustrator and is published worldwide. Peter has also worked on commissions from the New Yorker and on Christmas stamps for the Royal Mail. He works in gouache and watercolor and lives in Bath, England, with his family.

Product Description

The kingdoms of Arbor, with its lush forests, and Pomosa, rich with farmland, have no love between them, and the children have taken to sneaking across the borders at night to steal the precious resources of milk and wood that the adults won't share.
So the Kings decide to fight, instead . . . with dragons. But do the dragons have another idea?
This new parable shows that the way to peace and prosperity is not through fighting, but teamwork and generosity.

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 3-People of various skin tones in old-fashioned dress are separated by the high thorn hedge between their two kingdoms, Arbor and Pomosa. Arbor has all of the trees (and thus firewood), while Pomosa has all the wheat and dairy cows. Hearing their parents' wishes for what lies on the other side of the hedge, children sneak across and steal what they need; to put an end to the thefts, each king sends to China for a dragon to guard his country. The dragons come-one male, one female-but they have their own agenda, and when they fight, people on both sides realize their folly. The wise but exhausted dragons are attended to and the kings are sent packing. Told and illustrated in traditional European fairy-tale style, the moral of the story is didactically laid out: Fighting is wrong, sharing is good. VERDICT A tale equally suited for story hour entertainment or used in the folktale curriculum.-Jenny Arch

EAN: 9781728467740

Package Dimensions: Height: 11.25 Inches, Length: 9.75 Inches, Weight: 1.06 Pounds, Width: 0.33 Inches

Languages: en