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Who's in Your Book?
There's a Dragon in Your Book
OH LOOK, there's an EGG in your book!
But this isn't any old egg - there's a dragon in it . . . And pretty soon she has set your book ON FIRE. OH NO!
Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott have created a fantastically interactive sequel to their bestselling There's a Monster in Your Book. Children will love stroking, poking and flapping the book to make magic happen as they turn the pages. Can they help Little Dragon find a way to stop the fire and fly off on her own adventure?
But this isn't any old egg - there's a dragon in it . . . And pretty soon she has set your book ON FIRE. OH NO!
Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott have created a fantastically interactive sequel to their bestselling There's a Monster in Your Book. Children will love stroking, poking and flapping the book to make magic happen as they turn the pages. Can they help Little Dragon find a way to stop the fire and fly off on her own adventure?
32 pages, Hardcover
First published September 4, 2018
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About the author
Tom Fletcher
100 books297 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Tom Fletcher is one of the UK's most popular children's authors. Tom's books have been translated into 41 languages and to date he has sold over 6 million copies of his books in the UK alone, and 10 million globally.
The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut children's novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award. Since then, Tom has published several more chart-topping children's novels, including The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List, The Creakers and the instant number-one bestseller The Danger Gang.
For younger readers, Tom writes the incredibly successful Who's in Your Book? picture-book series and is one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture-book series with bandmate Dougie Poynter.
For older readers, Tom co-authors the Eve of Man series with his wife, Giovanna Fletcher.
As well as his career as an author, Tom is also a founding member of the Brit Award-winning band McFly, which has sold over 10 million records worldwide.
Tom Fletcher is one of the UK's most popular children's authors. Tom's books have been translated into 41 languages and to date he has sold over 6 million copies of his books in the UK alone, and 10 million globally.
The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut children's novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award. Since then, Tom has published several more chart-topping children's novels, including The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List, The Creakers and the instant number-one bestseller The Danger Gang.
For younger readers, Tom writes the incredibly successful Who's in Your Book? picture-book series and is one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture-book series with bandmate Dougie Poynter.
For older readers, Tom co-authors the Eve of Man series with his wife, Giovanna Fletcher.
As well as his career as an author, Tom is also a founding member of the Brit Award-winning band McFly, which has sold over 10 million records worldwide.
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December 30, 2019
The dragon equivalent of Sesame Street’s The Monster at the End of this Book. You hatch a baby dragon by turning the page. The narrator foolishly tells you to tickle her nose which causes your book to catch fire. The narrator then blames you for following its orders, so when it tells you not to do something, do we trust this unreliable narrator? No says my two year old daughter, we think not. We see the lies for what they are and we won’t stand for this. Free the dragon! Free it!
This review brought to you by my daughter who loves this book
This review brought to you by my daughter who loves this book
July 10, 2018
There really is a dragon in this book and she’s adorable! This interactive book is so cute that you your kids will love doing everything possible to help out this newly hatched dragon. The illustrations are so endearing and her expressions are so delightful that I couldn’t help myself. I tickled her nose and that made her sneeze, which started a fire that I had to help blow out. Whether you’re flapping the book to help her fly or imagining yummy treats to feed her, this little sweetie is going to make her way into your heart. I need to borrow someone’s kid so I can read this to someone who’ll appreciate it as much as I do.
April 28, 2020
Michelle Obama reads this book here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrNn...
February 18, 2020
Flew too close to the sun and tried to read it to a group of like 28 5-year-olds. Had to let everyone high five the dragon on the way out so there wasn't a riot.
Maybe better for groups of 5 or fewer lol. Very cute tho!
Maybe better for groups of 5 or fewer lol. Very cute tho!
December 7, 2021
Me ha gustado mucho este libro ilustrado. me ha recordado a 'Un libro' de Hervé Tullet por la parte en la que pretende interaccionar con el lector haciéndole participe de la historia. Muy cuqui y recomendable tanto para peques como para adultos.
July 20, 2024
I don’t know who loves this book more-me or my dad!
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April 7, 2019Interactive, adorable and imaginative.
This title is reminiscent of The Monster at the End of This Book, but it also has enough of its own creativity to make it ridiculously fun and cute. I mean, you get to high-five an adorable little dragon baby! You should probably go to the shelves and find this gem right now. -Sara S.
This title is reminiscent of The Monster at the End of This Book, but it also has enough of its own creativity to make it ridiculously fun and cute. I mean, you get to high-five an adorable little dragon baby! You should probably go to the shelves and find this gem right now. -Sara S.
September 30, 2019
Tom Fletcherin "Tässä kirjassa asuu lohikäärme!" (Mäkelä, 2019) on interaktiivinen kuvakirja, jossa lapsen toiminta (mm. lohikäärmeen nenän kutittaminen) vie juonta eteenpäin. Tarina on aika olematon, mutta satutunnilla kirja toimi oikein hyvin, ja sai kokonaisen huoneen lapsia ja aikuisia heiluttamaan käsiään lohikäärmeen siipien tahtiin.
August 21, 2019
British author/illustrator team Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott, who previously collaborated on
There’s a Monster in Your Book
, return with this second interactive picture-book. Discovering an egg on the first page, the reader/listener is given a series of warnings and instructions, leading to a fun storytime experience as the eponymous little dragon battles, together with her audience, to put out some flames...
Like its predecessor, I found There's a Dragon in Your Book a sweet, engaging tale, one which pairs an involving, interactive text with bright, colorful illustrations. The dragon herself is adorable, and the use of various background shades on the different two-page spreads makes for an engaging visual experience. This style of book, in which the reader is required to participate in the storytelling process, seems to have become much more popular recently, perhaps with the advent of Hervé Tullet's work, and this is a fun addition to the genre. Recommended to anyone who is looking for interactive picture-books, or who read and enjoyed Fletcher and Abbott's first foray together.
Like its predecessor, I found There's a Dragon in Your Book a sweet, engaging tale, one which pairs an involving, interactive text with bright, colorful illustrations. The dragon herself is adorable, and the use of various background shades on the different two-page spreads makes for an engaging visual experience. This style of book, in which the reader is required to participate in the storytelling process, seems to have become much more popular recently, perhaps with the advent of Hervé Tullet's work, and this is a fun addition to the genre. Recommended to anyone who is looking for interactive picture-books, or who read and enjoyed Fletcher and Abbott's first foray together.
August 15, 2019
Not quite the classic The Monster at The End of the Book, but rather fun.
April 28, 2020
Very fun!
December 22, 2025
All of my girls have loved this but it means a lot to me that it’s the first book the third baby has smiled at and engaged with 😍
September 22, 2018
Fun interactive picture book featuring a cute baby dragon.
January 12, 2023
2023 EDIT: Part of my 2023 clear-up, of books I no longer like, or am no longer interested in, or remember well as standing out, or find as special anymore, or I otherwise will not miss.
Final Score: 3.5/5
Original Review:
An incredibly cute interactive picture book for babies. I know what I'd give to my little niece and nephew to play with. I adore that the baby dragon is a girl, too.
Engaging, sweet, and encourages the use of imagination and responsibility.
Final Score: 4/5
Final Score: 3.5/5
Original Review:
An incredibly cute interactive picture book for babies. I know what I'd give to my little niece and nephew to play with. I adore that the baby dragon is a girl, too.
Engaging, sweet, and encourages the use of imagination and responsibility.
Final Score: 4/5
December 6, 2021
There are a lot of these interactive books out there these days and I'm all for it, because I'm all about audience participation! While this is clearly meant for actual "hands on" activity, I could easily use it with a group, and the bold bright pictures here would be great for the Zoom/YouTube story hours I'm doing these days.
December 11, 2020
Oh dear, there is an adorable little dragon in your book! A fun and cute book!
I am slowly getting through the Who’s In Your Book series. This one was next, my library didn’t have it in English so I read this one in Dutch.
In this one we find an egg in the book but quite soon the egg hatches in the most adorable little dragon ever! But one may guess that having dragons in books isn’t a good fit. Especially not when they breathe fire. Or when they sneeze that they blow out fireballs! I laughed, I giggled, I followed the instructions (which including imagining a huge waterballoon to keep the book from burning to a crisp), and I just had so so much fun.
I think this one is my favourite out of all the books I have read so far. It was way friendlier to the creature and also way more fun. The things the author asks you to do are kind and sweet. Not rude like in the alien in which we were asked to get rid of it. That was just too much for me. But in this one I just had warm fuzzy feelings as I flipped the pages.
The ending had me in stitches. OH DEAR. Yep, close the book. 😛 Though I would rather keep it open because of all that cuteness!
I would have liked to see, just like with the other books, that instead of seeing nothing behind the holes that they would be actual holes, or would show the next page instead of just white or another colour as background. I think that would have made it more authentic.
But all in all, this was a ton of fun. I definitely want to see if I can find the Elf book next, probably will have to buy it as I am sure my libraries don’t have it. I would recommend this dragon book to all. Fun and interactive and full of imagination!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I am slowly getting through the Who’s In Your Book series. This one was next, my library didn’t have it in English so I read this one in Dutch.
In this one we find an egg in the book but quite soon the egg hatches in the most adorable little dragon ever! But one may guess that having dragons in books isn’t a good fit. Especially not when they breathe fire. Or when they sneeze that they blow out fireballs! I laughed, I giggled, I followed the instructions (which including imagining a huge waterballoon to keep the book from burning to a crisp), and I just had so so much fun.
I think this one is my favourite out of all the books I have read so far. It was way friendlier to the creature and also way more fun. The things the author asks you to do are kind and sweet. Not rude like in the alien in which we were asked to get rid of it. That was just too much for me. But in this one I just had warm fuzzy feelings as I flipped the pages.
The ending had me in stitches. OH DEAR. Yep, close the book. 😛 Though I would rather keep it open because of all that cuteness!
I would have liked to see, just like with the other books, that instead of seeing nothing behind the holes that they would be actual holes, or would show the next page instead of just white or another colour as background. I think that would have made it more authentic.
But all in all, this was a ton of fun. I definitely want to see if I can find the Elf book next, probably will have to buy it as I am sure my libraries don’t have it. I would recommend this dragon book to all. Fun and interactive and full of imagination!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
September 4, 2018
Watch out, that egg in your book is about to hatch into an adorable, fire-sneezing dragon! So begins writer Tom Fletcher and illustrator Greg Abbott’s irresistible and delightful new picture book, There’s A Dragon In Your Book.
Perfect for read-aloud or giggle-filled bedtime story-time, There’s A Dragon In Your Book is a fun, interactive book that will amuse and charm both little and older readers. Fletcher’s funny an endearing text and the stamping, blowing, and flapping interactive elements will captivate, engage, and inspire the imagination of little ones. Abbott’s playful, colorful illustrations, and his lively, emotive little dragon, wonderfully capture Fletcher’s words.
Silly, cute, and laugh-out-loud funny, There’s A Dragon In Your Book is sure to be a story-time favorite!
Perfect for read-aloud or giggle-filled bedtime story-time, There’s A Dragon In Your Book is a fun, interactive book that will amuse and charm both little and older readers. Fletcher’s funny an endearing text and the stamping, blowing, and flapping interactive elements will captivate, engage, and inspire the imagination of little ones. Abbott’s playful, colorful illustrations, and his lively, emotive little dragon, wonderfully capture Fletcher’s words.
Silly, cute, and laugh-out-loud funny, There’s A Dragon In Your Book is sure to be a story-time favorite!
August 19, 2020
What a cute book! My daughter loved this book. It was so much fun.
My daughter loves books like this. At the very beginning it tells you not to turn the page, and my daughter thinks it’s hilarious when she does turn the page, and things start to happen.
This book is interactive. It tells you to “help put out the fire”, and to “pop the balloon”. My daughter thinks it’s hilarious. We had a blast reading this book, and of course had to read it more than once. She even “read” it to herself later.
A great, fun read for toddlers with short, fun sentences.
My daughter loves books like this. At the very beginning it tells you not to turn the page, and my daughter thinks it’s hilarious when she does turn the page, and things start to happen.
This book is interactive. It tells you to “help put out the fire”, and to “pop the balloon”. My daughter thinks it’s hilarious. We had a blast reading this book, and of course had to read it more than once. She even “read” it to herself later.
A great, fun read for toddlers with short, fun sentences.
April 27, 2024
Cine te întâmpină la început de carte? Un ou mare și mov, din care nu iasă un puiuț mic și galben, ci o puiuță de dragon verde. Hai să o gâdilăm puțin pe nas. Oh, nu, dragonița a strănutat și a lăsat o flacără mică pe pagina ta. Cum de am putut uita că dragonii scot flăcări pe nas? Acum trebuie să stingem focul, și repede, să nu pierdem cartea.
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July 19, 2019This is a cute interactive story by the same author of the Indiana Firefly Award winner There's a Monster in Your Book. This one's sure to have just as much appeal. Hand it to young readers who can't get enough interactive picture books or readers who like cute dragons.
October 30, 2019
What I love about this book is that its illustrations are gorgeous and the story is one that quickly delights young readers with its adorable main character.
This was a big hit with the under fives.
This was a big hit with the under fives.
December 13, 2018
This is one of those imaginary interactive books (blow, shake the pages, etc.), which tend to annoy me. However, the baby dragon was really cute, and that helped.
February 13, 2019
Fun interactive book with an adorable dragon!
May 17, 2019
Super cute and fun!
June 20, 2019
ADORABLE
October 9, 2019
The ideal book to read to a small group of preschoolers. Everybody wanted to high-five the dragon and help pop the water balloon!
January 27, 2020
Ihan symppis juttu. Tarina ei ole ihmeellinen, mutta kyllä tästä saisi vaikka satuhetkeen ihan kivan lisän.
April 27, 2020
Read along with Michele Obama. Delightful story and entertaining, well done.
April 27, 2020
Great interactive read for young children. Good use of bold and stylized fonts to draw readers in. Loved the illustrations and of course Michelle Obama's storytelling.
May 25, 2020
I wish I'd read this in my childhood. It's beautiful and nothing like other children's books. 💜
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