Here is a collection of four delightful dragon stories by two master writers for children. The Reluctant Dragon is the best known, but the others are equally appealing. In The Reluctant Dragon, a boy discovers a dragon in a nearby cave. The villagers want to send for St George to slay him, but he is a friendly dragon and doesn’t want to fight! In The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, a princess is imprisoned and a suitor has to get past the dragon in order to marry her. In The Fiery Dragon, Princess Sabrinetta is kept in a dragonproof tower, but a fiery dragon is roaming the neighbourhood. Finally, in The Last Dragon, the King of Cornwall’s daughter doesn’t want to be tied to a rock awaiting a prince to rescue her from the clutches of a dragon. In any case, there is only one dragon left alive… Presented with lively music and even the occasional amusing sound effect.
