The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit writes the most clever and charming children’s stories. I love them. The Book of Dragons is a collection of eight delightful tales about dragons:
“The Book of Beasts” — Lionel, a young boy, is summoned to be the king after his great-great-great-something-grandfather dies. In the library of his new castle, he discovers the Book of Beasts and opens it. Out flies a red dragon who eats a soccer team and an orphanage. King Lionel must outwit the dragon with some help from a hippogriff and a manticore.
Read More
Interested in Alyx now simply because "I Thought She Was Afeared Until She Stroked My Beard,” is definitely one of…
Although usually filed under SF, Double Star is the best novel ever written about the theater and acting. Period. Full…
Thanks for this excellent overview! Alyx has been on my radar for a while and I recently picked up an…
It sounds like you've given it a BIT of thought! :)
Now I'll have to go look! She was an influential writer who has fallen into obscurity for a number of…