Dragon stew

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'Five bored vikings went out hiking, Looking for adventure, for something bold and new. So they thought they'd hunt a dragon, and then tie it to their wagon, Take it home and chop it up to make a dragon stew!'

But when the Vikings find their dragon, they get a great, BIG surprise!

A wonderfully funny rhyming picture book from the author of Poo in the Zoo , Steve Smallman. With hilarious illustrations from Lee Wildish ( Pizza for Pirates and Spaghetti with the Yeti ), this is the perfect story book for young children - and guaranteed to become a family favourite!

Reviews provided by Syndetics

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 3-The five Vikings in this rhyming story are bored with stealing cattle and engaging in battle. Their days of fishing in the dark for sharks and wrestling bears while wearing underwear are over. They want to do something new. When Loggi Longsocks suggests making dragon stew, they immediately head out to sea where they battle giant squid and sail through storms before arriving at Dragon Island. The creature they encounter there will surprise readers. Humor is used extensively in the text and illustrations. One Viking has a bird living in the branches of his helmet, while another carries a "pointy dragon poking thing" instead of a weapon. On the final pages, as the Vikings sit in the water learning a painful lesson about the consequences of being mean to a dragon, they ask a question many parents hear over and over again, "So, NOW what can we do?"-Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, AB, Canada (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Five bored Vikings, seeking a bold new adventure, hunt for a dragon to turn into stew. They encounter an enormous--and enormously polite--creature whose patience is tested after being repeatedly poked. A little flame to the Vikings' backsides brings the hunt to a close. Wildish's silly illustrations include such details as burning bums and odoriferous socks. Smallman's text, though humorous, lacks fluidity. Copyright 2010 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Book Review

be the dragon, who sets all their pants on fire as they flee. Smallman's text, in phonetically crunchy verse, bounces humorously along, and Wildish makes each member of the Viking quintet deliciously distinct. The ending's a bit of a letdown, but readers both young and old should laugh at the resemblance of these ragtag Vikings to resourceful kids battling boredom in the backyard. (Picture book. 4-7)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.