The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon

By Author / Illustrator

Richard Adams, Alex T. Smith

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

Hachette Children's Group

ISBN

9781444938401

Format

Hardback

Published

05-10-2017

Synopsis

From the author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, comes an enchanting picture book about the adventures of a mischievous homemade dragon. Illustrated by Alex T. Smith, creator of Claude, the bestselling beret-clad canine hero.

Whatever you've lost, Egg Box Dragon will find it. He's retrieved missing footballs, glasses and watches aplenty. He's so expert at cracking mysteries that the Queen herself requests his services. Will Egg Box Dragon find the missing diamond from the Queen's crown?

Richard Adams was awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for children's fiction. Watership Down has sold over 50 million copies. A new mini series of Watership Down will premiere Christmas 2017 on BBC1 and launch globally on Netflix Spring 2018, featuring the voices of Olivia Colman and Freddie Fox, amongst others.

Reviews

The Egg Box dragon was created by Emma out of (you guessed it!) cut up egg boxes and one night, after being put to bed under the moon, he comes to life! The dragon is a friendly, but mischievous creature who has a fantastic talent - he can find anything that has been lost.... Word of Egg Box Dragon's talent travels far and wide, until even the queen requires his help to find her missing diamond. This is a lovely story with beautiful illustrations by Alex T Smith; each page is engaging to look at with lots of details that would be enjoyed by boys and girls alike. It's a good choice if you are looking at projects using recycled materials, or indeed recycling; children could craft their own egg box dragon or other junk-modelled animal. It offers opportunities to talk about recycling and reusing, as well as taking care of our own possessions - we don't have an egg-box dragon to find them! Picture book / Ages 3+ / Reviewed by Lizi Coombs, teacher.