Book description
Princess Bella has been snatched from her secret garden by a
terrifying monster, leaving behind nothing but a glittering golden
ball! Not even the bravest knights in the kingdom can save her from
the huge, dark, fire-breathing creature with enormous wings, a great
swishing tail and deadly claws. But clumsy Ned the stable boy is
determined to succeed where the gallant knights have failed.
Can he defeat the dragon and get the girl? Or will he let the chance
to become a hero slip through his butterfingers? Join our unlikely
hero and his animal friends on their daring quest across the plain,
through the woods and into the mountains to find out . . .
J. M. Trewellard trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama
and worked for several years as an actor before the birth of her two
sons. She returned to Cornwall, where her family have lived for
generations, and taught Literature and Theatre Studies. She is a
founder member of a touring theatre company in the south west for whom
she is a creative director. She has been writing plays, poetry and
short stories and this is her first children's book.
A freelance illustrator for over twenty years, Ian Beck has
undertaken many different kinds of illustration work, from packaging
and greeting cards to the record cover for Elton John's Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road album. Ian turned to writing and illustrating
children's books on the birth of his own first child and is the
creator of many successful picture books. His first book for older
children, The Secret History of Tom Trueheart (OUP) was
published in June 2006.
