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The reluctant dragon

Kenneth Grahame

The reluctant dragon

by Kenneth Grahame

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Published by Holiday House in [New York] .
Written in


Edition Notes

Statementby Kenneth Grahame; illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.
ContributionsShepard, Ernest H. 1879-1976, ill., Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990, donor., Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
Classifications
LC ClassificationsPZ8.G7463 Re
The Physical Object
Pagination[57] p.
Number of Pages57
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL6376737M
LC Control Number38028954
OCLC/WorldCa1303921

Kenneth Grahame; Illustrated by Michael Hague. Kenneth Grahame (March 8, – July 6, ) was a British writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows (), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon, which was much later adapted into a Disney movie.. Michael Hague has illustrated some of the best-loved works of children's Cited by: 9. Comic legend Robert Benchley visits the Walt Disney Studios, hoping to talk Uncle Walt into creating a film based on Kenneth Grahame's The Reluctant Dragon. 5/5(3).

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The Reluctant Dragon is an children's story by Kenneth Grahame (originally published as a chapter in his book Dream Days), which served as the key element to the feature film with the same name from Walt Disney Productions.

The story has also been set to music as a children's operetta by John Rutter, with words by David Grant. The Reluctant Dragon Footprints in the snow have been unfailing provokers of sentiment ever since snow was first a white wonder in this drab-coloured world of ours.

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The boy discovers he and the dragon are both struggling poets, and tries to convince Saint George that there's no sense in slaying a good dragon/   Bedtime stories for kids - Tonight let's read The Reluctant Dragon. (Based on a story by Kenneth Grahame but retold by Lesley Sims. Illustrated by Fred Blunt).

A traditional read aloud bedtime. The Reluctant Dragon By: Kenneth Grahame () Regarded as one of Grahame’s most distinguished short stories, the children’s classic was first published in and featured in Dream Days, a reminiscent short story collection for children, and has also been adapted into a feature film from Walt Disney Productions.5/5(3).

Directed by Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting. With Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper, Nana Bryant. Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon/10(K).

Movie Review. As Robert Benchley lounges on a pool float, playfully shooting rubber darts at plastic ducks floating in the water, his wife finishes off reading a story book about The Reluctant Dragon.

It’s a book that belongs to their nephew, but they both agree it’s a lovely : Adam Holz. The Reluctant Dragon is a funny story of bravery, friendship and derring-do. This children’s classic is made even more collectable thanks to the beautiful illustrations by E.H. Shepard, the artist behind the original illustrations for The Wind in the Willows and the man who drew Winnie-the-Pooh/5().

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This is The Reluctant Dragon Story for kids. One evening, long ago, a shepherd ran home, terrified. "I saw something terrible," he cried to his wife and son. "It's as big as four horses.

It has long, sharp claws, a long pointy tail, and shiny blue scales all over its body." His son looked up from his book. Initially appearing as one of several stories and sketches in Kenneth Grahame’s Dream Days (), The Reluctant Dragon was published in a self.

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The Reluctant Dragon is far more interested in writing and reading poetry than in belching fire to frighten and threaten the townspeople.

He befriends a young villager and has a wonderful adventure facing St. George, the famous slayer of dragons, in a mock battle of ferocious, but harmless fun.

When a dragon is discovered up on the Downs, the. The Reluctant Dragon is a American film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on J Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank, California, the film stars radio comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Music by: Frank Churchill, Larry Morey.Show the students the book’s cover.

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