Pub Date: November 1, 2007
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002068714
Lexile Code: 0710
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 10 to 12
Physical Info: 0.45" H x 7.44" L x 5.06" W ( 0.26 lbs) 176 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | Magic | Action and Adventure | Dragons Unicorns and Mythical Creatures | Boys and Men | Humorous Stories | Animals | Pets | Social Themes | Friendship | New Experience | School and Education | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance
Series: Magic Shop Book
Description: When Jeremy Thatcher stumbles into Mr. Elives magic shop, he leaves with a small marbled dragons egg. When it hatches, Jeremys wildest dreams take wing. Illustrations.
Brief description:
BRUCE COVILLE is the author of over 100 books for children and young adults, including the international bestseller My Teacher is an Alien, the Unicorn Chronicles series, and the much-beloved Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. His work has appeared in a dozen languages and won children's choice awards in a dozen states. Before becoming a full time writer Bruce was a teacher, a toymaker, a magazine editor, a gravedigger, and a cookware salesman. He is also the creator of Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company devoted to producing full cast, unabridged recordings of material for family listening and has produced over a hundred audiobooks, directing and/or acting in most of them. Bruce lives in Syracuse, New York, with his wife, illustrator and author Katherine Coville.
Review Quotes:
"Not only is the story involving but the reader can really get a feeling for Jeremy as a person." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"Will bring laughter and near tears to readers. . . . Dragons really exist for a little while." - School Library Journal
"A funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)