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- Hodder Children's Books
Monster Hospital, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, Interest age: from c 5 years, Fiction, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage)
It takes a monster to know a monster! Join Sylvie, Dylan, Carolyn and Tom as they play doctor to a dragon in Monster Hospital.
Bartholomew the dragon is brought to Monster Hospital by his fierce aunty Madge. He's got a terrible case of smoke inhalation because he can't breathe fire -- and he can't fly either! Can four naughty children - Sylvie, Dylan, Carolyn and Tom - help him, without getting cooked to a crisp by terrifying Aunty Madge Maybe they can, if there's a princess involved...
This book follows the first Monster Hospital adventure: THE BIG, FAT, SMELLY OGRE and is written and illustrated by the acclaimed author illustrator of the THORA books.
Praise for Monster Hospital: The Disastrous Little Dragon: Book 2
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The pace never lets up... every page bristles with manic energy. - Independent on Sunday
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A great early read with special appeal for more quirky young readers. - Junior
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Will bring smirks to young readers' faces. - School Librarian
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A fun book for younger readers... copious amusing illustrations. - Carousel
Gillian Johnson
Gillian Johnson studied science and English at university. She's had lots of different jobs - working with Indian children in northern Canada, accompanying Inuit babies on small planes to their homes in remote communities, doing editorial cartoons for the university paper, teaching English to high school students. Eventually, she published a children's book and has been doing it ever since. She lives with her family and divides her time between Oxford and Tasmania.
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