Whinnie the Lovesick Dragon.

MAYER, Mercer.

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ISBN 10: 0027651800 ISBN 13: 9780027651805

Published by Macmillan,, NY:, 1986

Language: English

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First American printing. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.; Signed by Author.

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Title

Whinnie the Lovesick Dragon.

Publisher

Macmillan,, NY:

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0027651800

ISBN 13

9780027651805

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Illustrated by Diane Dawson Hearn

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Whinnie the dragon falls in love with Alfred the knight and enlists the help of a wizard to win the heart of an understandably reluctant hero

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Grade 1-3 An amorous dragon pursues a knight in this humorous story set in the Middle Ages. Whinnie's attempts to attract Alfred end in a misunderstanding, and Alfred gives her a whack which sends her fleeing, broken-hearted. When her attempts to distract herself fail, she consults a wizard who changes her into a beautiful and rich princess. Alfred is now interested in her but Whinnie realizes that, with all his boasts about defeating a dragon with one whack, he has become a terrible bore. The wizard reappears and reveals that Alfred was once a dragon himself and changes them both back to dragons. Hearn's illustrations of pen-and-ink and acrylic wash are edged in decorated borders in the style of illuminated manuscripts. Alfred is a wimpish-looking knight with a receding chin, while Whinnie is a feminine-looking green dragon with lavendar tail and eyelashes. The backgrounds contain a marvelously detailed and wittily drawn medieval world filled with real and imaginary animals, comic peasants and well-dressed nobility. The illustrations are more interesting and inventive than the story, but dragon lovers and fans of Mercer Mayer will not mind if it is not his best work.Jean Hammond Zimmerman, Willett School Library, South River, N.J.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Whinnie the Dragon has fallen in love with Alfred the Knight. But poor Whinnie's love is unrequited. In fact, Alfred goes so far as to whack Whinnie with his sword every chance he gets. With the help of a friendly wizard, whose magic potion comes in the form of a cherry frappe, and a little disciplinary action from Whinnie's Uncle Dragon, there is a happy, surprise ending. The paintings fit the text perfectly. Funny details abound within rich medieval settings; people and animals race out of the colorful, decorative borders, while comical creaturesincluding one who wears a diaper and has a pacifier in his mouthlaze about taking it all in.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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