[ 책 소개 ]

* Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award Nominee
* Sunshine State Young Readers Award 수상도서
* The Best in Rhyme in conjunction with the Rhyming Picture Book Revolution Conference


유명한 전래동요 "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly"는 할머니가 꿀꺽 삼켜버린 파리를 잡기 위해 거미를 삼키고, 거미를 잡기 위해 새를 삼키고... 이런 식으로 고양이, 개, 소, 말을 차례로 삼키는 유머러스한 내용입니다만, 이 책에서는 할머니 대신에 용이 주인공으로 등장해서 기사, 말, 시골귀족, 요리사, 왕비, 성, 연못의 물을 차례로 삼켜버렸습니다.

왕국의 거의 모든 것들을 삼켜버린 용은 이제 너무 배가 불러서 꼼짝도 할 수 없게 됩니다. 결국 용은 트림을 하다가 뱃속의 모든 것을 토해버리고 맙니다만...

라임으로 된 간결한 문장은 페이지를 넘길수록 앞페이지의 문장들이 하나씩 하나씩 추가되는 형식으로 되어 있어서 처음부터 쭉 읽다보면 점점 길어지는 문장이지만 부담없이 재미있게 읽을 수 있습니다.

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What is 하드커버? 양장본이라고도 불리우며, 표지가 단단한 판지로 만들어진 책입니다. 판지를 천이나 가죽으로 감싸기도 합니다. 책의 속지는 일반적으로 중성처리된 종이(Acid-free paper)를 사용해서 잘 변질이 되지 않기 때문에 오랫동안 보관하기에 적합합니다. 이 종류의 책은 더스트 재킷, 또는 더스트 커버로 불리는 표지덮개가 함께 있는 경우가 많습니다. 간혹 내부 속지가 콩기름 코팅이 된 경우 고약한 냄새가 나는 책도 있습니다.

하드커버책입니다.






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Hardcover: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0385390807
ISBN-13: 978-0385390804
책 크기: 28.5 cm x 22.1 cm



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Book Description
We all know that “there was an old lady” who swallowed lots of things. Now meet the old dragon who swallows pretty much an entire kingdom! Will he ever learn a little moderation?! This rollicking rhyme is full to bursting with sight gags, silly characters, and plenty of burps! Parents and kids alike will delight in Ben Mantle’s precisely funny illustrations and in Penny Parker Klostermann’s wacky rhymes.


Kirkus
"Klostermann's debut is a rollicking and warped Medieval take on the well-worn cumulative rhyme. Prolific British animator and illustrator Mantle's expressive and bright cartoon illustrations of the red, horned dragon (and the contents of his stomach) are a perfect match. . . . No matter how many swallowed-fly titles you own, this one belongs on your shelf too."


School Library Journal
No one seems to know why the old dragon swallowed the knight ("It's not polite!") In addition, the bright red beast proceeds to swallow a steed, a squire, a cook, a lady, a castle, and finally, a moat. At this point the creature decides to burp out everything (except the knight), and what preschooler won't love that! The author has used a broad range of words - savory, shady, fattens, tassel, guzzled, bloat, quote, perchance, amass, and billow. These will add depth to the young listener's vocabulary. Mantle's illustrations are full of primary colors and are quite expressive as the dragon gobbles each entity he encounters. Life in the Middle Ages is hinted at with the additional drawings surrounding each dragon tidbit. This will be a great addition to the kindergarten/first grade curriculum on comparing and contrasting similar stories. VERDICT A fine purchase for most collections.


Publishers Weekly
"In days of yore, before a certain fly's ultimately fatal encounter with an Old Lady, there was an old dragon who felt rather peckish. "There was an old dragon who swallowed a knight. / I don't know why he swallowed the knight // It's not polite!" He follows the knight with the knight's steed ("that galloped around at a terrible speed"). Then a squire, a cook, a lady, a castle, and finally a moat are each swallowed in turn. But…"With all of that water, he started to bloat. / And that's when the dragon roared, and I quote: / ‘Okay, enough! I've had enough - / More than enough of this swallowing stuff!' " So realizing that eating all those things might have been "a tad impolite," the old dragon burps them all out in reverse except the knight (which is "ahhh…just right"). Klostermann's debut is a rollicking and warped Medieval take on the well-worn cumulative rhyme. Prolific British animator and illustrator Mantle's expressive and bright cartoon illustrations of the red, horned dragon (and the contents of his stomach) are a perfect match. The antics within the dragon's stomach - every image of the steed is accompanied by a little "clippity, clippity, clippity, clop" in teeny type - and his copious burping will leave 'em laughing. No matter how many swallowed-fly titles you own, this one belongs on your shelf too."