A Great Start. | Saint George and the Dragon | Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman

great book | Saint George and the Dragon | Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman

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	• Saint George and the Dragon Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman Little, Brown Young Readers, 1990 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Best Book Ever!

I bought this book for my 9 year old homeschooled son as a fun addition to his medieval history studies. He loved this book!

My son would like to add, "Great pictures! I understood everything as if it were a movie. I recommend it to everybody who likes medieval stuff!!!!!"

A Great Start.

If your like me and wish your kids grew up a little fast so you could expose them to knights this is a great place to star. My wife thought my two year old wouldn't get it but he brings it to me nearly every time I ask his what he wants me to read him. He may not get the bigger ideas yet but he likes to point out the characeters he has learned the names of and he growls at the dragon when it comes after his favorite hero " St. George."

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great book

Great book. We read it with the folkmanis puppets (knight and dragon) and that is a big hit at our house. Wonderful way to introduce small children to Saint George.

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AMAZING illustrations, good telling...

I am extremely picky when it comes to illustrations and this book makes it to my top ten list. To give you an idea of my taste -- others in the top ten include "In the Night Kitchen" and "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". I think detailed illustrations really capture a child's imagination and wow, does this book have detail! You will find something new with each reading. So, for illustration aficionados this book is a must have!

Now, for the content...I'll admit it seems a bit dense for a children's book, but when you consider the source (Edmund Spencer's "The Faerie Queen") it's not really surprising. In the end I think I would have been disappointed with a watered down version to go along with the superb illustrations. Even very young children will be enchanted by the illustrations. I have read it often to my three year old daughter and she remains silently captivated for the entire reading.

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Necessary literary experience

I will say it again: kids these days do not get nearly enough exposure to all the great older stories and legends from centuries gone by. Fine by me, I guess, for adults will probably best appreciate this true masterpiece of storytelling and illustration. Yes, it's an ancient story that is sometimes flooded with too much religious implications, but hey, the guy is literally a saint and that is how it goes. But for me, the best part is the simple dragon slaying. It's violent, it's intense, and you can't help but love a story that takes you there. The illustrations are delightfully reminiscent of medieval times and are a feast to watch. The writing flows like an epic poem. Awesome.

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This special new edition of St. George and the Dragon commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the Caldecott Award-winning picture book. Hodges retells an exciting segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which the Red Cross Knight slays a dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years, bringing peace and joy back to the land.