The sparkling stories from the author of Five Children and It and many other classics! "Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger," "The Deliverers of Their Country," "The Ice Dragon, or Do as You are Told," "The Island Of the Nine Whirlpools," "The Dragon Tamers," "The Fiery Dragon, or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold," and "Kind Little Edmund, or the Caves and the Cockatrice." These stories -- written in 1900 for The Strand magazine -- still charm and sparkle like pixie dust and dragon's gems for young and old alike more than a century later.

Author: Edith Nesbit
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781606648599
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 55026 / Book of Dragons

About the Author
Nesbit, Edith: - "Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) was an English author and poet. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of fiction for children. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organization later affiliated with the Labour Party. Nesbit published approximately 40 books for children, including novels, collections of stories and picture books. Collaborating with others, she published almost as many more."