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Each year, as Zog practices new skills learned at Madam Dragon's school, a little girl helps him out until one day he finds a way to help make her dream come true for herself, a new friend, and Zog.
Awards
British Book Award (Winner — Children's Book — 2010)
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (Nominee — 2011)
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Julia Donaldson has to be one of the finest writers for tempo in children's writing today; the rhythm in her books is simple and flawless (even if she does cheat occasionally on her rhyming couplets). Zog is another example of a beautiful book that dances along as you read it out loud, with
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sections of repeated verse that any child you are reading this with can latch onto and join along with before the end of the book. It's a lovely tale about a little dragon (the eponymous Zog) who is learning to be a big boy and on the way gets help from a little girl who turns out to be a princess. It may not quite have the universal appeal of the Gruffalo, but it's a great book nonetheless and the story is perfectly paced, easy to understand for younger children and has its own message which is well worth teaching. Show Less
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LibraryThing member mumoftheanimals
Zog is a keen student at dragon school but whenever he practices his dragon skills it all goes wrong. Funny and original.
LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
A fun book about Zog and the girl who keeps helping him eventually finding the right place for themselves in the world. Rhyming text, great illustrations.
LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
A fun book about Zog and the girl who keeps helping him eventually finding the right place for themselves in the world. Rhyming text, great illustrations.
LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
A fun book about Zog and the girl who keeps helping him eventually finding the right place for themselves in the world. Rhyming text, great illustrations.
LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill
A fun book about Zog and the girl who keeps helping him eventually finding the right place for themselves in the world. Rhyming text, great illustrations.
LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan
This book was absolutely lovely. If it looks familiar it’s because it’s by the author of the Gruffalo and Room on a Broom. And just like those, this book has the power to be an instant classic. Dragons, princesses and knights, but in ways not really seen before. I love the story, the cadence,
#Wintergames #teamreadnosereindeer +16
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the rhymes, and the illustrations. A perfect read.#Wintergames #teamreadnosereindeer +16
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Love the authors and their illustrations, so does my toddler!
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Publication
Alison Green Books (2016), 32 pages
Original publication date
2010