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John Ronald´s Dragons
Caroline McAlister
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Description for John Ronald´s Dragons
Hardback. This picture book biography introduces the beloved creator of Middle Earth and author of The Hobbit to a new generation of children who see magic in the world around them. Num Pages: 48 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YBC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 279 x 228 x 10. .
John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died and he had to live with a cold hearted aunt, he looked for dragons, He searched for them at his boarding school. And when he fought in a Great War, he felt as if terrible, destructive dragons were everywhere. But he never actually found one, until one day, when he was a grown man but still very much a boy at heart, when he decided to create one of his own. ... Read more
John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died and he had to live with a cold hearted aunt, he looked for dragons, He searched for them at his boarding school. And when he fought in a Great War, he felt as if terrible, destructive dragons were everywhere. But he never actually found one, until one day, when he was a grown man but still very much a boy at heart, when he decided to create one of his own. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
New Milford, United States
ISBN
9781626720923
SKU
V9781626720923
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Caroline McAlister
Caroline McAlister teaches English at Guildford College and every year takes students to Oxford, England, to study fantasy in the setting where Tolkien lived and wrote. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. Eliza Wheeler wrote and illustrated New York Times bestseller Miss Maple's Seeds and enjoys eating Hobbit food and reading Tolkien aloud with her friends. She ... Read more
Reviews for John Ronald´s Dragons
The story of a boy who dreamed of dragons and found a way to bring them to life. Tolkien grows from dapper lad to dapper young man in Wheeler's cleanly drawn scenes...
Kirkus Reviews An imaginative and informative look at this beloved author.
Booklist .. .beautifully illustrated introduction to Tolkien's life ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews An imaginative and informative look at this beloved author.
Booklist .. .beautifully illustrated introduction to Tolkien's life ... Read more