A fine copy in a fine, mylar protected DJ. 1st edition thus/1st printing. Oblong 8vo., 40 pages. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.

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Title

Dragon Takes a Wife

Publisher

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Scholastic

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0590466933

ISBN 13

9780590466936

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

French, Fiona

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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A reissue of the Newbery Honor author and Coretta Scott King Award winner's first picture book, complete with stunning new illustrations, presents the story of a dragon seeking companionship and a kindhearted, mildly incompetent, jive-talking fairy named Mabel Mae Jones.

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Grade 1-3-A reillustrated edition of a 1972 publication. Harry, a lonely dragon, wants to marry, but the only way for him to get a wife is to defeat a knight, and Harry is a terrible fighter. He asks good fairy Mabel Mae Jones for advice, but it backfires every time. Harry is so blue, literally, that Mabel Mae changes herself into a dragon to teach him how to move properly. While watching her swish her tail, Harry falls in love with her. He wins his next battle, gets a job, and marries Mabel Mae. There are minor textual changes from the earlier version. Mabel Mae is a slick fairy with an Afro and rainbow-colored dress. She says things like, "'What's bugging you, baby?,'" "'I can dig where you're coming from,'" "'I can get down with that,'" and other equally outdated slang expressions. Also, it doesn't ring true that the characters would be aware of being confined to a book when the rest of the action takes place in the hills and castles of Lyraland. French's bold new illustrations are rendered in gouache, watercolor, and crayon. Her graphic, modern style is reflected in psychedelic colors, which fit the '70s feel of the story. She expertly defines the focus of the scene with color, leaving the background in pastels. A slight dragon tale.
Cheri Estes, Dorchester Road Regional Library, Charleston, SC
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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