John Ronald's Dragons

Author:   Caroline McAlister ,  Eliza Wheeler
Publisher:   Roaring Brook Press
ISBN:  

9781626720923


Pages:   48
Publication Date:   21 March 2017
Recommended Age:   From 4 years
Format:   Hardback
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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. 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.

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Author:   Caroline McAlister ,  Eliza Wheeler
Publisher:   Roaring Brook Press
Imprint:   First Second
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 28.80cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9781626720923


ISBN 10:   1626720924
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   21 March 2017
Recommended Age:   From 4 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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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 for younger readers... --School Library Journal This picture-book biography of J. R. R. Tolkien shows the roots of many themes later found in The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. --Horn Book It's an ideal lead-in to family readings of The Hobbit. --Publisher's Weekly


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 for younger readers... --School Library Journal This picture-book biography of J. R. R. Tolkien shows the roots of many themes later found in The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. --Horn Book It's an ideal lead-in to family readings of The Hobbit. --Publisher's Weekly


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 for younger readers... --School Library Journal This picture-book biography of J. R. R. Tolkien shows the roots of many themes later found in The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. --Horn Book It's an ideal lead-in to family readings of The Hobbit. --Publisher's Weekly


Author Information

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 divides her time between the coast of California and the riverbanks of Wisconsin.

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