The flight of dragons

Peter Dickinson, Wayne Anderson

Harper & Row, 1979 - Social Science - 137 pages

Text, four-color illustrations, and line drawings recreate the dragons of ancient myth and legend, showing how they flew, breathed fire, mated, hatched their young, hoarded gold and precious stones, and defended themselves.

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Review: The Flight of Dragons

User Review  - Andree - Goodreads

I've never been much of a fantasy reader, but my husband has wanted me to read this one for a couple of years. I was motivated to finally tackle it because of an autism spectrum student who enjoys ...

Review: The Flight of Dragons

User Review  - Alicia Wright - Goodreads

Brilliantly thought out thesis on dragons as real creatures. I read the whole thing in only two sittings. Really interesting notes on dragon folklore and literature and lavish illustrations throughout. Highly recommended to dragon lovers everywhere!

Contents

• Section 1: 19
• Section 2: 21
• Section 3: 22

About the author

Peter Dickinson was born and raised in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia in 1927. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at King's College, Cambridge in 1951. He served in the British Army, and was also an assistant editor and reviewer for Punch Magazine for seventeen years. His first book was The Weathermonger. Dickinson has written several novels for adults, a television series for juveniles and many books for young people. In 1982 he was placed on the International Board of Books for Young People Honor List for Tulka, and The Iron Lion was selected one of New York Times Notable Books. In 1989 he won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Eva.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The flight of dragons
• Authors: Peter Dickinson, Wayne Anderson
• Illustrated by: Wayne Anderson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harper & Row, 1979
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Aug 12, 2009
• Length: 137 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Folklore & Mythology