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Josh Lacey is the author of many books for children, including The Island of Thieves, Bearkeeper, and the Grk series. He lives in London with his wife and daughters.
Garry Parsons has illustrated several books for children. He lives in London.
The Dragonsitter (Dragonsitter Series #1)
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ISBN-13:
9780316298995
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publication date: 09/01/2015
- Series: Dragonsitter Series , #1
- Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
- Format: eBook
- File size: 17 MB
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- Age Range: 6 - 10 Years
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The first book in a fresh and funny new chapter book series, told completely in emails, about a boy named Eddie and a naughty pet dragon!
Dear Uncle Morton, You'd better got on a plane right now and come back here. Your dragon has eaten Jemima. Emily loved that rabbit!
It had sounded so easy: Eddie just needed to look after Uncle Morton's unusual pet for a week while he went on vacation. But soon the fridge is empty, the curtains are blazing, and the mailman is fleeing down the front path. The Dragonsitter will have readers laughing out loud and begging for more adventures.
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Publishers Weekly
07/27/2015Originally published in the U.K., this entertaining series opener from Lacey (Island of Thieves) takes place over a chaotic week in which Edward Smith-Pickle and his family look after a dragon belonging to his Uncle Morton. The story unfolds almost entirely through Edward’s increasingly harried emails to his uncle: “Dear Uncle Morton, What’s a tether? I don’t know and Mom won’t tell me, but she’s at the end of hers.” The emails go unanswered, leading Edward to worry about Uncle Morton’s safety. Parsons’s b&w cartoons, cleverly framed as photos attached to Edward’s emails, reveal a house in ruin, with curtains aflame, a gaping hole in the fridge, and neighborhood cats fleeing in terror. The discovery that dragons love chocolate helps set things right, paving the way for future destructive adventures. Ages 6–10. (Sept.)
Children's Literature - Sylvia Firth
Eddie Smith-Pickle is desperate. He is urgently emailing his uncle to tell him to return immediately because his pet dragon, Ziggy has eaten Jemima, the family’s pet rabbit. When he agreed to take care of Uncle Morton’s pet dragon for a week, Eddie certainly did not expect to have major difficulties; but the disasters continue to escalate with raiding the refrigerator, frightening neighborhood pets, destroying furniture, along with setting fire to curtains and the mailman. Through it all, Eddie receives no answers to his ever increasingly despairing emails. Finally a solution comes from Uncle Morton: give the dragon chocolate. Eddie Sweet-Pickle is an engaging character. Youngsters just beginning to read short chapter books will love the humor and the ideal black-and-white illustrations. Three more books are planned for this “Dragonsitter” series. An introduction to the second book is included in this one. This title is also a good choice for reluctant readers, so add it to the first purchase list. Reviewer: Sylvia Firth; Ages 7 to 10.School Library Journal
07/01/2015Gr 2–4—Edward Smith-Pickle, "Eddie," finds himself in a pickle as he is taking care of his uncle's dragon while he is away. Unfortunately, his uncle didn't leave any instructions, and the dragon isn't exactly on his best behavior as he devours endless amounts of food, tears up the house, terrorizes the neighborhood pets, and sets the curtains and the mailman on fire. Eddie emails his uncle asking for help but doesn't get any replies. His mom is at her wit's end, and Eddie wonders what to do next. Finally, he gets some advice from his uncle, which turns things around. Told entirely through emails, this story provides plenty of funny moments, as Eddie manages to sound both upbeat and worried at the same time. This is the first of a planned four-book series, and its humorous tone and illustrations will appeal to young readers. VERDICT A solid purchase for collections in need of short chapter books.—Laura Fields Eason, Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School, Bowling Green, KY
Kirkus Reviews
2015-06-06Caring for a traveling relative's pet isn't usually quite so…fraught. In a series of increasingly frantic email messages to his oddly unresponsive uncle Morton, young Edward Smith-Pickle recounts a series of household mishaps caused by the large dragon so hastily dropped off to mind for a week. For one thing, the animal isn't housetrained. For another, what does it even eat—besides little sister Emily's bunny? In the wake of incidents ranging from scorched curtains to a hole torn in the refrigerator, Edward's disgusted mom would happily foist the beast off on the police or the zoo, if only they didn't keep hanging up on her. But worse disasters are warded off when Uncle Morton at last writes back to suggest feeding the creature chocolate, and the dragon is instantly transformed from surly headache into a charming, compliant companion. Good thing, because Uncle Morton has upcoming junkets planned, and this short opener, first published overseas in 2012, already has four sequels either out or planned. Amid Edward's pleas and Morton's soothing replies, Parsons intersperses large scenes of domestic chaos, frowning (later smiling) people, and an inscrutable, horse-sized dragon flopped bonelessly on the sofa. Except for the chocolate cure, it's much like trying to care for an oversized cat…that, OK, breathes fire. (Farce. 7-9)