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The Reluctant Dragon

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Author(s):Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):Ernest H. Shepard
Publisher(s): Holiday House
Year Published: 1938
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Boys Growing Up
British
Fantasy - English
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 57
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-13: 0 394 53227 9

Description

The Boy, the Dragon and St. George, arrange a satisfactory solution to the problem of a dragon living up on the Downs.

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Other Editions

The Reluctant Dragon (1983)

The boy is anxious for the dragon to prove himself, but the Dragon is no more interested in fighting than is St. George. The story tells how they manage to settle affairs.

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Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
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The Reluctant Dragon (1986)

This edition of The Reluctant Dragon includes a color illustration on the dust jacket. The story originally appeared in Kenneth Grahame’s Dream Days.

Publisher: André Deutsch
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