George And The Dragon

Name: George And The Dragon
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Christopher Wormell
ISBN: 9781448192946

Author: Christopher Wormell

Narrator: Brian Blessed

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: RHCP Digital

Published: 05/30/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Fairy Tales

Synopsis

Children can enjoy their favourite story time and time again with this audio download.

Far, far away in the high, high mountains in a deep, deep valley in a dark, dark cave - there lived a mighty dragon.

He was an awesome and frightening creature, terrorising whole armies, destroying castles, demolishing forests and kidnapping princesses. But this mighty dragon had a deep, dark secret . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Benjamin on November 29, 2017

I love this story! I love the illustrations, and the fact that it has Dragons... I think it highlights that no matter how big and scary we are, everyone is scared of something......more

Goodreads review by Bel on July 26, 2022

Exquisite......more

Goodreads review by Shanna on September 20, 2010

This is the first of Wormell's George and the Dragon books which parody traditional dragonslaying fairy tales. In this story, the mouse George moves into a hole next door to a mouse-phobic dragon, and pays the dragon a visit just as he is about to devour a fair princess. The dragon's response is pre......more

Goodreads review by Paul on September 13, 2011

This excellent and well illustrated story follows the traditional story of a dragon terrorising a castle. However, this dragon has a secret, he is terrified of mice. The hero of the story turns out to be George, a mouse. He scares away the dragon and then gets a lifetime supply of cheese as a reward......more

Goodreads review by Denise on March 03, 2019

I own 850+ children's books - predominantly picture books. I have a top 20 and they don't change much. That said, 2 were added in the last 12 months and this is one of them. Why? Well the illustrations are amazing . The story is not radically surprising but it does depart from the norm. The real facto......more

Quotes

Quirky and ebullient, this is excitingly plotted, vividly illustrated, and has a classy enduring feel Independent

You'd think that Wormell had a real dragon in his studio Daily Telegraph

Dramatic illustration and clever humour that infants will find irresistible TES Primary

A wonderfully well-executed book and exhilarating to read out loud Carousel

Would be an absolute joy to read to a small person . . . with great illustrations, this is one of the best board books to have come my way Newbury Weekly News