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Where Is the Dragon? Synopsis
A hide-and-seek picture book from New York Times award-winning author Leo Timmers, about three silly knights and a clever dragon in disguise.
The king can't sleep for fear of the dragon, so he sends his three knights outside to find it. With only one candle between them, they go out into the dark. Is that a dragon? Attack! But every suspicious shape turns out to be something else, until the knights confidently turn for home, not noticing what's behind them.
This cleverly illustrated game-inside-a-book will have young children shouting out loud in delight as they spot the dragon hidden on every page.
With intricately detailed illustrations and joyful rhyming text, this picture book is a fun read-aloud for toddlers and pre-schoolers aged 2 years and up.
Where Is the Dragon? is an absurdly fun take on mistaken dragon identity, from the master storyteller and author of?Monkey on the Run,?a?New York Times?Best Illustrated Book. Leo Timmers is one of Belgium's pre-eminent picture book artists. Translated from the Dutch edition by poet James Brown.
Picture Book Winner, Teach Early Years Awards 2021.
Other books by Leo Timmers
Elephant Island
Monkey on The Run
Who's Driving?
Gus's Garage
Franky
Bang!
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781776573127 |
| Publication date: |
1st January 2022 |
| Author: |
Leo Timmers |
| Illustrator: |
Leo Timmers |
| Publisher: |
Gecko Press |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
40 pages |
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Press Reviews
Leo Timmers Press Reviews
A quirky story translated by James Brown, Timmers’ trademark richly detailed illustrations with their stunning use of colour, and atmospheric light and shade, and a humorous contrast between the illustrations and the words, Where is the Dragon? is the ideal book to inspire the imaginations of even the youngest children. - Lancashire Post
...the illustrations with the superb characters, skillful use of dark and light, clever details (small and large), textures and rich colour palette, that are the real show stealers. Zimmers has a wacky sense of humour that is evident at every page turn, especially the final one. Little ones will relish this as a storytime read aloud, delighting both in guessing and knowing. Ensure you give your audience time to look closely at the revelatory spreads so they can appreciate Zimmers’ transformations of the imagined into the real. - Red Reading Hub
a lilting Seussian singsong, with wonderful, surprising rhymes, and little readers and their grown-ups will have a great time combining their voices and giggling through the proceedings. - Starred review, Kirkus Reviews
Author
About Leo Timmers
Leo Timmers was born in 1970, in Belgium. He is trained in Graphic Design and illustrates for Belgian magazines and papers as well as illustrating picture books.
He started writing his own stories gradually.
In 2000 he received a Bookfeather award for his illustrations in 'Happy with me' and he won the annual Children’s and Youth jury Award in both 2005 and 2006. In 2007 he won with his picture book ‘Who's driving?' which has been translated into twelve languages.
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