Camelot

The Dragons #1

by Colin Thompson

Introducing Camelot—the home of kings, queens, noble knights, magic, Fremsley the Royal Whippet, some very aggressive lavatories, and a very spoiled and unpleasant once and future king In the days when dragons roamed the earth turning people into toast, a mighty king ruled the world. This king lived in the great castle of Camelot in the beautiful island of Avalon. Guided by the great wizard Merlin, this king became a legend. His name was Arthur. The trouble with legends is that every time their stories are told they become more and more fabulous, so useless twits are often turned into super heroes. This is not one of those stories. This is the true story of King Arthur—who was most definitely not a super hero. He was a nasty little spoiled brat who nobody could stand—or was he?

Genres: Fantasy

234 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Since he started writing and illustrating children's books in 1990, Colin Thompson has had more than 50 books published. He has received several awards, including an Aurealis Award for the novel HOW TO LIVE FOREVER and the CBC Picture Book of the Year in 2006 for THE SHORT AND INCREDIBLY HAPPY LIFE OF RILEY. He has been shortlisted for many other awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Award - the most prestigious children's literature prize in the world.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Colin lives in Bellingen, Australia. His books with Random House Australia include HOW TO LIVE FOREVER, numerous picture books, THE FLOODS series, THE DRAGONS series, THE BIG LITTLE BOOK OF HAPPY SADNESS picture book, which has been shortlisted for the 2009 Children’s Book Council Award for Best Picture Book, and FREE TO A GOOD HOME.

Reviews

[Ursula · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down the funniest book ever!!!!!!

[Spencer · Rating 5 out of 5]

The funniest book I’ve ever read. I actually laughed out loud like twenty times. Just as good as I remembered :)

[Ashleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

FUNNY AS:) especially at the end:

DRAGON: what do you want?
HUMAN: we come in peace.
DRAGON: NO you dont.
HUMAN: Yes we do, honest.
DRAGON: Go away
HUMAN: But we'd really like to come and live in this beautiful place.
DRAGON: Of course you would who wouldn't.
HUMAN: So can we?
DRAGON: No snod off.
HUMAN: You'll be hearing from our solicitors.
DRAGON: You'll be hearing from my nose.
and of course the dragon had a really really bad cold at the time so yeah it think its self explanitory...
The end result was usally a few toasted messangers followed by a another population of dragons wiped out by angry humans.
HEHE!!!

[t4truffles · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't finish this because I was getting a bit bored. The Floods books are great but this one wasn't one of his best books.