The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon

By: Richard Adams, Alex T. Smith (Illustrator)

Hardcover | 19 March 2019 | Edition Number 1

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From the author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, comes an enchanting picture book about the adventures of a mischievous homemade dragon. Illustrated by Alex T. Smith, creator of Claude, the bestselling beret-clad canine hero.

Whatever you've lost, Egg Box Dragon will find it. He's retrieved missing footballs, glasses and watches aplenty. He's so expert at cracking mysteries that the Queen herself requests his services. Will Egg Box Dragon find the missing diamond from the Queen's crown?

Richard Adams was awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for children's fiction. Watership Down has sold over 50 million copies. A new mini series of Watership Down will premiere Christmas 2017 on BBC1 and launch globally on Netflix Spring 2018, featuring the voices of Olivia Colman and Freddie Fox, amongst others.

About the Author

Richard Adams was born in Berkshire in 1920 and studied history at Bradfield and Worcester College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War and in 1948 joined the Civil Service. In the mid-sixties he completed his first novel, Watership Down , the story of which he originally told to his children to while away a long car journey. Watership Down was awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian award for children's fiction for 1972.

About the Illustrator

Alex T. Smith's Claude was selected for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, the Richard and Judy Book Club and is soon to be a TV star on Disney Junior with 52 episodes airing in 2017. Claude Going for Gold! was the winner of the 5-9 fiction Sainsburys Children's Book Award and Alex T. Smith was the World Book Day Illustrator 2014.

Industry Reviews

A lovely story with an unexpected twist in the tale * Parents in Touch *
A cheeky dragon with boxes of charm and likeability! * Inis *
This is a lovely story which has been given a new lease of life by the gorgeous, funny illustrations of Alex T. Smith. I absolutely loved it. * Making Them Readers *
playful and uplifting - it may not be long before some Egg Box Dragons start appearing in your vicinity! * Armadillo Magazine *
A beautifully illustrated, wonderfully old-fashioned story. * The School Run *
A disarmingly pleasing book which invites readers to suspend their disbelief and simply enjoy the story telling. * The School Librarian *
A bright, vivid children's book, with wonderful illustrations, that new readers will love. * The Carousel *
A cute story about a very lovable dragon, with adorable illustrations by Alex T Smith. * Parents in Touch *

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