There's a Dragon Downstairs - Hardcover

McKay, Hilary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689867743 ISBN 13: 9780689867743

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry, 2005

Synopsis

A rollicking picture book follows little Sophie, who, determined to prove to her disbelieving parents that there is a dragon in the living room, faces her fears to find the truth--and gets a hilarious surprise!

About this title

About the Author:

Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award with her first novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved similar recognition - The Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize and Saffy's Angel won the Whitbread. A graduate of Botany and Zoology from St Andrews University, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two children. Amanda Harvey has illustrated more than thirty books and has won several przes including The Mother Goose Award.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1–Every night Sophie bravely tries to confront the dragon that she hears "Rattling through the cat flap. Slinking to the living room. Growing and growing in the dark." The imaginative youngster dresses up as a knight, a firefighter, and even a princess to scare it away but by the time she gets to the first floor, it's gone. Eventually she dares to go as herself and catches it–the family cat. The artwork attempts to show how everyday objects take on a somewhat menacing, shadowy countenance after dark, but children may be confused by the toy dinosaurs that appear on practically every page. Otherwise, the watercolor-and-pencil illustrations support the story. One immediately thinks of Mercer Mayer's classics, There's a Nightmare in My Closet (1968), There's an Alligator under My Bed (1987), and There's Something in My Attic (1988, all Penguin) to soothe bedtime fears. This is an acceptable purchase for collections that need additional titles on the topic.–Linda M. Kenton, San Rafael Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0689867743
• ISBN 13: 9780689867743
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Harvey Amanda