The Trouble With Dragons

Zusatztext 'Tackles global warming for pre-schoolers: no easy task but beautifully done as an allegory of wasteful dragons who heat the world by breathing fire' Informationen zum Autor Debi Gliori is the award-winning writer and illustrator of over eighty picture books and novels for children of all ages, including the bestselling modern classic No Matter What (Bloomsbury) and the Mr Bear series (Orchard). Her picture book about depression, Night Shift (Templar), was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also author of the Little Owl series of books, illustrated by Alison Brown, for Bloomsbury. Debi lives near Edinburgh and has twice been writer-in-residence in the Shetland Isles. Her favourite colour is blue or, more precisely, four different shades of blue: cerulean blue, cobalt blue, Mediterranean turquoise blue and warm ultramarine blue. She has sold over 600,000 books in the UK alone. Klappentext NOMINATED FOR THE KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL _ 'Gently introduces pre-schoolers to global warming ... It ends with the reassuring hope that we can change and make our world better' - National Geographic 'Delightfully illustrated' - The Sunday Telegraph _ From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes a cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet - featuring dragons! The world is populated by some beastly dragons who care nothing for how much they pollute the oceans, chop down the trees, gobble up all the food and use everything up without stopping to think.Those dragons need to wake up to what they are doing to their world before it is too late ... An energy-filled picture book that addresses concerns about the environment in the most child-centric and delightful way possible. _ 'Tackles global warming for pre-schoolers: no easy task but beautifully done as an allegory of wasteful dragons who heat the world by breathing fire' - Sunday Express magazine Vorwort A sensational new picture book by Debi Gliori, creator of the bestselling No Matter What A cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet - featuring dragons! Zusammenfassung A sensational new picture book by Debi Gliori, creator of the bestselling No Matter WhatA cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet - featuring dragons!...

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A sensational new picture book by Debi Gliori, creator of the bestselling No Matter What

A cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet - featuring dragons!

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Debi Gliori lives in Scotland. She is well known for both her picture books and her novels for children and has been shortlisted for all the major prizes, including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Scottish Arts Council Award.

Debi published her first book in 1990 and since then has published so many successful books that she has lost count. However, one of the most successful to date is No Matter What.

Debi was the Shetland Islands' first Children's Writer-in-Residence.

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NOMINATED FOR THE KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL _ 'Gently introduces pre-schoolers to global warming ... It ends with the reassuring hope that we can change and make our world better' - National Geographic 'Delightfully illustrated' - The Sunday Telegraph _ From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes a cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet - featuring dragons! The world is populated by some beastly dragons who care nothing for how much they pollute the oceans, chop down the trees, gobble up all the food and use everything up without stopping to think. Those dragons need to wake up to what they are doing to their world before it is too late ... An energy-filled picture book that addresses concerns about the environment in the most child-centric and delightful way possible. _ 'Tackles global warming for pre-schoolers: no easy task but beautifully done as an allegory of wasteful dragons who heat the world by breathing fire' - Sunday Express magazine