Cover Image

The trouble with dragons

When dragons cut down too many trees, blow out too much hot air, and do other environmental damage, the future looks grim, but other animals advise them on how to mend their ways and save the planet.

Main Author: Gliori, Debi.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Walker & Co., 2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Conservation of natural resources > Juvenile fiction.
Environmental protection > Juvenile fiction.
Dragons > Juvenile fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Picture books for children.
Summary: When dragons cut down too many trees, blow out too much hot air, and do other environmental damage, the future looks grim, but other animals advise them on how to mend their ways and save the planet.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780802797896 (trade)
080279789X (trade)
9780802797902 (reinforced)
0802797903 (reinforced)
Author Notes: Author and illustrator Debi Gliori was born in 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland. She went to school there as well and studied design and illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. She received an Andrew Grant traveling scholarship to go to Milan for a year. Gliori is best known for her work with children's books. Her picture book Mr. Bear to the Rescue won the Children's Book Award and was short listed for the Kate Greenaway Prize. Where, Oh Where, is Baby Bear? was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Baby Book Award in 2001. Always and Forever, written by Alan Durant and illustrated by Debi Gliori, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2003. Her work has also been shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council Award (for Pure Dead Wicked in 2003), and for the Royal Mail Award, for Stormy Weather in 2010.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Similar Items