The Great Dragon Rescue [Hardcover]

M.P. Robertson (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

In this exciting companion to the popular picture book The Egg, George and his dragon are reunited. One morning George is moping around the chicken coop, daydreaming of adventure, when suddenly his dragon friend swoops out of the sky and carries him off . . . to a deep, dark forest. There they spy on a wicked witch who has captured a baby dragon! Papa dragon needs George's help, and it's up to him to think of a clever rescue--and fast. Luckily, when it comes to fighting bad magic, George has a few tricks up his sleeve.
M. P. Robertson's witty wordplay and classic-style illustrations make an appealing adventure story that's sure to enchant a whole new round of readers. He lives in England.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2 - Splendid watercolor art illustrates this ho-hum story. George has an unusual friend, a dragon, whom he aided in The Egg (Putnam, 2001). In this episode, he is inside a chicken coop collecting eggs when the dragon appears, lifts up the structure in its claws, and flies with it to a faraway land. They stop in a dark forest near a cottage, where a witch is holding a small dragon prisoner. The crone catches the bespectacled lad as he tries to free the captive, and quick thinking on his part leads to a flying race between witch and serpent. When the dragon wins and the witch's spell backfires, the tiny creature is set free. There's not much substance to the tepid tale and certainly not enough detail to warrant repeated readings. With colorful, well-imagined artwork, this book is nice to look at, but that's about it. - Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI
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From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 1. In Robertson's The Egg (2001), a young boy, George, finds a dragon egg in a chicken coop. When the hatchling emerges, George trains it in the essential arts of fire breathing, damsel rescuing, and so on. This companion story finds George once again in the coop, where he is startled by the reappearance of his dragon friend, who returns in a rush, scoops up boy and coop, and flies off to "the land where everything began with Once upon a time." Upon alighting, the friends rescue a baby dragon from a wicked witch and discover a sweet surprise about the baby's parentage. The threads tying the story elements together are too slender; children unfamiliar with the first book may be particularly confused by the dragon's sudden appearance at the book's outset. But Robertson's watercolor illustrations are a delight, rendering the fairy-tale world's menacing, frog-eating witch; shimmering enchanted castle; and paunchy, sweet-tempered dragon in equally winsome detail. Gillian Engberg
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Dial; 1st ed edition (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803729731
• ISBN-13: 978-0803729735
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #579,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Boy Book, November 21, 2004

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hrjulian (Sewickley, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Great Dragon Rescue (Hardcover)

My son is 5 and received this book as a gift. It has great illustration as well as an entertaining story about a boy and a dragon, who together, save the dragon's son from a witch. He asks for this story every night

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Illustrations..., July 30, 2006

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Natasha Salazar "Natasha" (Corpus Christi, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Dragon Rescue (Hardcover)

I have read to my son every night since he was born. He is now 3 years old and for his birthday I purchased The Great Dragon Rescue. I bought this book as a sequel to The Egg (which he loved TONS). The witch in this book has been a bit hit and when she eats the toad my son can't get enough! He can stare at the pictures forever and can recite the whole book to us. In his words "I read it, Mom!!". I highly recommend this for dragon loving boys!