The Littlest Dragon

by Margaret Ryan, Jamie Smith (Illustrator)

The youngest of ten dragon brothers, the Littlest Dragon always has the best and brightest ideas for getting his own way. First book about this successful character. A Collins Roaring Good Read for new readers.

The Littlest Dragon is known as Number 10. He is the youngest in a family of ten dragon brothers and in this first book about him, there are two stories. The first story is where aThe Littlest Dragon has to come up with the best and brightest way to get a good night’s sleep. In the second story, the big dragon brothers won’t let The Littlest Dragon play football with them, so he has to be resourceful and get his own kit together and persuade Mum to take him to the match. Then he manages to come up with an idea which wins the praise of the most famous footballing dragon in the world, Dragon McFeet,. Number Ten gets to keep his winning jersey, much to the disgust of his brothers.

79 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Margaret Ryan is a former teacher who has written over eighty books for children between the ages of five and eleven. She loves to enthuse children about books and won a Scottish Arts Council Award for her book, The Queen's Birthday Hat. She always includes the children in her audience by dressing them up as the characters in her story. She believes that author visits should be fun. She has had children's stories on T.V. and radio, and has also been commissioned to write books for schools, children's poetry, and a series of books for reluctant readers. Her books are translated into many different languages.

Reviews

[Bunny]

So much nostalgia re-reading this short book from childhood!

[Mairéad]

Two light hearted, humourous stories sure to appeal to developing readers aged 7+ who enjoy fantastical tales about a triumphant underdog (or dragon!)

[Jax Goss]

I know I'm biased in favour of dragonny things, but this was ridiculously cute. ;)