One Dragon's Dream - Hardcover

Pavey, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878881484 ISBN 13: 9780878881482

Publisher: Bradbury Press, 1979

Synopsis

The reader can count items from 1 to 10 included in dragon's dream.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Pavey, the creator of many innovative picture books, took three years to complete the intricate artwork for ONE DRAGON'S DREAM. He lives in Australia.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2–3—One dragon falls asleep under his green-checked blanket and dreams of two turkeys that tease him. The odd dream continues, and an ever-increasing number of animals (three tigers, four frogs, and so on) torment the poor dragon in some way. Eventually, the hapless creature is brought into court, sentenced, and "juggled off to jail" by seven slippery sea lions. In the end, he is rescued and "towed home to bed" by a "team of ten turtles." The dragon wakes safe and sound under his cozy blanket. The spare text is enhanced by the author's imaginatively frenetic ink and watercolor illustrations. Each spread is a puzzle of random objects to be counted. As five kangaroos fence in the dragon, children can also search for five owls, five dogs, five buttons, and a plethora of other items grouped in fives on the page. Much of the imagery evokes the magical age of knights and dragons. This book is not as kid-friendly as Leo and Diane Dillon's cheerful Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose (Harcourt, 2007), but older readers may appreciate this surreal counting book's sophisticated themes and elaborate illustrations.—Linda L. Walkins, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Brighton, MA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bradbury Press
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0878881484
• ISBN 13: 9780878881482
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 27