Edition |
First Harcourt Brace paperback edition. |
Description |
149 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Summary |
A collection of both new and previously published stories and poems about dragons by Jane Yolen. In master storyteller Jane Yolen's capable hands, dragons sally forth in sundry disguises -- ghastly, ghoulish, gentle, gargantuan. Each segment of text is introduced with the fascinating -- and often revealing -- story of its making. Evocative pencil drawings by David Wilgus complement the superb stories and poems. This original collection of pieces about dragons contains 8 stories and 5 poems. This original collection of pieces about dragons contains eight stories & five poems. In Here There Be Dragons, dragons appear in every guise--ghastly, ghoulish, gentle, gargantuan--always endowed with the author's ingenious touches. Each piece is introduced with the fascinating, and often revealing, story of its making and is illustrated with the intricate, moody pencil drawings of David Wilgus. |
Note |
Originally published in hardcover: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. |
Contents |
Why dragons? -- Great-Grandfather dragon's tale -- Dragon woke and stretched -- "Story," the old man said, -- Cockfight -- Dragon night -- Dragonfield -- King's dragon -- Into the wood -- Dragon's boy -- Making of dragons -- One ox, two ox, three ox, and the dragon king -- Here there be dragons. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 7.0 73834. |
Subject |
Dragons -- Literary collections -- Juvenile literature.
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Children's literature, American.
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Fairy tales.
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Fantasy -- Juvenile literature.
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Short stories -- Juvenile literature.
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Added Author |
Wilgus, David.
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ISBN |
0152017054 paperback $10.00 |
Standard No. |
9780152017057 |
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