Dragon in Danger

Dragon #2

by Rosemary Manning

Further adventures of Sue and her great friend the Cornish Dragon, who comes to visit her home town.

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Dragons

139 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Rosemary Joy Manning was a British author of both adult and children's books. Her best-known novel is The Chinese Garden, considered by some to be an important lesbian book. She was also well known for her popular Dragon children's series. She was also well known for her popular Dragon children's series. She was also known by the pseudonyms Sarah Davys and Mary Voyle.

Reviews

[Pollymoore3 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful old-fashioned read, and a worthy sequel to "Green Smoke", though part of the charm of the first book was that Susan could talk to her mother about the dragon and her mother went along with what she believed was her daughter's game. Here everyone can see him (but that's kind of the point now).
Just a quibble: the old pre-decimal amounts have been updated, a bit haphazardly, (fancy Puffin bothering!), to make it more understandable for 1970s kids no doubt. But set in 1959 it should be shillings and pence. Otherwise "A Flat Iron for a Farthing" of 1872 would have to become "A Flat Iron for Something Considerably Less than Half a P". And then, what's a flat iron? etc etc.... But 25p = 5 shillings (or it did in 1971), and 5 shillings in 1959 would have bought you a heck of a lot of icecream. I wonder what the original edition says.

[Fiona · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dragon in Danger does not have quite the same appeal as Green Smoke. There are hints of the elements that made the first book in the series so wonderful for me - King Arthur, for example - but these are fleeting. The storyline is not as ‘believable’ (if you can use that word when talking about dragons!) but it is some light fun and a lovely way to pass an afternoon.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure why this series is so charming but it is.

[A.E. Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another gentle, beautiful book. Such a fine story with amusing, calmly resolved conflict rather than an excess of jeopardy. As a child, I loved the straightforward magic of these stories, and as an adult, I appreciate how rare they are.

[Edward Davies · Rating 4 out of 5]

This sequel to Green Smoke has R Dragon travelling to visit his friend Sue. What follows is a cute story which has limited peril considering it's title, but kids will enjoy the sheer childlike quality of the niceness of the characters.