Dragon world
"Meet the fire breathing beasts of mythology. Lurking in every corner of the world. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, and even under the very ground you tread, dragons watch and wait... Whether as powerful gods, wise friends, or fearsome foes, dragons take many forms, and exist in myths from cult...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
DK Children,
2021.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | "Meet the fire breathing beasts of mythology. Lurking in every corner of the world. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, and even under the very ground you tread, dragons watch and wait... Whether as powerful gods, wise friends, or fearsome foes, dragons take many forms, and exist in myths from cultures all around the world. So turn the pages to enter the dragon's domain. Soar through their skies, look into their lairs, witness their power, and discover their incredible world"--back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "Meet the fire breathing beasts of mythology" -- Cover. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 80 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780744027655 0744027659 9780241467510 0241467519 |
| Author Notes: | Tamara Macfarlane is the owner of the award winning Tales on Moon Lane Children's Bookshop, Moon Lane Education and Moon Lane Ink CIC. She has over 15 years' experience working with children and schools, and combines running the two bookshops with writing children's books. She currently has series with Hodder, Simon and Schuster, Troika Books and Puffin. Tamara has judged many high profile book awards (Costa, British Book Award, Muslim Young Writers Award) and has given talks at Bath, Oxford, Sharjah, Chengdu and Hay literary festivals. Whilst setting up Moon Lane Ink CIC in 2017, Tamara was mentored by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School's Social Ventures. She is part of a diversity steering group for Booktrust, and has contributed to the Booksellers Association's new diversity guide. Moon Lane Ink CIC is dedicated to raising equality in children's Books: equality of access, representation and roles in the publishing industry. Alessandra Fusi (Illustrator) Alessandra Fusi was born in Rome in 1984, where she attended the IED Institute of Art and Design, graduating in Illustration and Multimedia Animation in 2006. Since then, she has worked as an illustrator of children's books, puzzle games, and stationery products. As a painter, she has exhibited her work in various solo and collective art shows across Italy, Europe, and the United States. She has a true passion for animation and loves all things illustration, so she's always learning new things, as well as teaching them, through the courses and workshops that she organizes for her cultural association "Imagoblu", based in Bologna. Currently, she lives and works in Bologna, with her two loved ones: her boyfriend and her chubby ginger cat, Rino. She loves fairytales, tea, music, swing dancing, and cats (of course). |
