Lionel and the Book of Beasts

“Master Lionel, dear, they’ve come to fetch you to go and be King.”

And with that, even though Lionel is just a small boy, he is crowned King.

Now, Lionel’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was not only King but a wizard as well, a wizard who loved books. When Lionel explores the palace library, he opens a huge volume entitled The Book of Beasts, only to let loose a spectacular red Dragon in all its fury. The red Dragon terrorizes the people in Lionel’s kingdom. Determined to be brave, Lionel returns to The Book of Beasts and “with a fluttering of wings and a stamping of hoofs” sets free the amazing Hippogriff. Together the mighty Hippogriff and King Lionel close the book on the red Dragon.

ISBN: 0688140068

PlainTales Comments: Retold and illustrated by Michael Hague, this book makes an excellent companion to PlainTales unabridged recording of the Tales from the Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit.