or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
46 used & new from £0.75
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The Trouble with Dragons
 
 

See all 2 customer images
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

The Trouble with Dragons (Hardcover)

by Debi Gliori (Author, Illustrator)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.14 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £3.85 (35%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 3 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, November 17? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
31 new from £0.81 14 used from £0.75 1 collectible from £20.00
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover 12 used & new from £4.03
Paperback £5.99 £3.98 24 used & new from £1.75
Library Binding £10.86 £10.86 13 used & new from £10.01

Frequently Bought Together

The Trouble with Dragons + The Tale of Custard the Dragon + Puff, the Magic Dragon (Book & CD)
Price For All Three: £14.63

Show availability and delivery details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Tale of Custard the Dragon

The Tale of Custard the Dragon

by Ogden Nash
4.7 out of 5 stars (3)  £3.25
The Great Dragon Rescue

The Great Dragon Rescue

by Mark Robertson
£4.24
No Matter What

No Matter What

by Debi Gliori
4.6 out of 5 stars (32)  £3.98
The Dragon Snatcher

The Dragon Snatcher

by M. P. Robertson
4.5 out of 5 stars (2)  £4.49
Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon

Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon

by Jules Bass
5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £3.49
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (6 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747595402
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747595403
  • Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 24.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 368,448 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #57 in  Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > G > Gliori, Debi

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Review

`The combination of simple rhyming text and fantastical, detailed illustrations delivers a strong ecological message'
--The Scotsman

'The adorable illustrations and utterly charming rhyming text will appeal to every generation' --Cheshire Mums magazine


Review

'A powerful and persuasive tale for both children and adults alike.' Leo Hickman
See all Product Description

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
See all 5 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The Trouble with Dragons
76% buy the item featured on this page:
The Trouble with Dragons 4.7 out of 5 stars (3)
£7.14
No Matter What
9% buy
No Matter What 4.6 out of 5 stars (32)
£3.98
The Tale of Custard the Dragon
8% buy
The Tale of Custard the Dragon 4.7 out of 5 stars (3)
£3.25
The Dragon Snatcher
4% buy
The Dragon Snatcher 4.5 out of 5 stars (2)
£4.49
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

3 Reviews
5 star:
 (2)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An early message about the potential problems of conservation and global warning, 18 May 2009
By ABCeDar - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER)   
presented right from the very start by tree-chopping, fire-breathing dragons!

From the author of No Matter What, another powerful message, written in rhyme, with the aim of promoting the message of..... sharing and caring, and working together.... to protect the world we live in, or we will all be extinct......just like the Dragons!

From the dust-jacket flap:-

'When the dragons start spreading all over the place, and their houses and roads use up all the space, they seem set to make a terrible mess of everything.
But is it too late for them to learn to be careful?'

Durable board covers open to 24 high quality pages in the popular 2-page spread format.

Clearly laid out rhyming text, enhanced in places, FOR EFFECT!

Example of text:-

'The trouble with Dragons is...
Dragons make Dragons
and they make some more
till there are wall-to-wall Dragons
making Dragons galore.'

The trouble really is that these are rather uncaring, noisy dragons who chop down forests, and blow out hot air - melting the polar regions and causing flooding.

Brilliantly illustrated, poignant in places.....the pictures portrayed aim to make the reader stop... and look.......and think.

'Say goodbye to the world
into which you were born.
Soon everyone else
will have packed up
and gone.'

Imagine a world full of uncaring, selfish dragons?

But even the dragons stop to ponder......a world with no birds and no bees?

The second half of the book identifies the areas the dragons need to tend to in order to reverse the trend.

'Look after all....big and small...
....eat what you reap, from much closer to home.....
.....`recycle, reuse and reduce your demands'.

This has proved a popular choice in my reading corner sessions, mainly due to the illustrations, but some practice was required on my part to get the flow on some parts of the rhyme!
However, the message is quite clear and older class discussions have been remarkably balanced, although ultimately governed by the home environment and individual attitude to recycling.

All things considered, if this book makes just some of the youngest members of my audience think twice, then it is truly doing a great job in early education!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good, 27 Jan 2009
I heard this book was about climate change so bought it out of interest as am in the field. I am ambivalent about modern 'climate change' as a rule because the climate changes all the time, and the world warmed up just as fast in the middle ages. However in this book, the message is general enough to include all the bad things that we are doing to the planet - and there is no doubt about that. Its not patronising either. The illustrations are truely incredible. Even my husband, who is oblivious to childrens books, commented on what a cool book it is. Plus our toddler loves it too, especially counting the dragons.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fiery orange dragons learn about becoming green and cool, ecologically., 9 Sep 2009
By ELH Browning "Esther-Lou" (Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)      
This review is from: The Trouble with Dragons (Paperback)
This book contains a timely green message told in gorgeous pictures with flowing rhyming text, a dragon-stuffed story for 2-5s. Drawn with Gliori's gentle friendly touch, the cutest dragons imaginable are overpopulating the planet and we see a picture of a crowded fiery dragon city (which nonetheless is portrayed in a welcoming picture by Gliori's magic illustrations). The dragons are wasting food and resources, leaving mess and warming the earth with their breath which melts the ice caps. Sound familiar? But the dragons realise that they jeopardising the whole planet and the other animals advise them on how they might change their behaviour for the better, for example by eating food that is grown much closer to home or
"Stop blowing all that hot air but instead choose to walk,
And put less of our world on the end of your fork..."
A lesson for the young and for old dragons too in a lovely format.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject







i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.