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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

The Dragon's Dentist from Orion Books Early Readers

The Dragon's Dentist is an Early Reader from Orion Books. It's in the Blue Band, so it's designed for reading together with your child with lots of repetition and short sentences. Written by John McLay, it's illustrated by Martin Brown, who also illustrates Horrible Histories books.


This is a proper book with chapters and 76 full colour pages. The illustrations are great with plenty of facial expression.


It tells the story of Harry, who is the smallest in his family and the only one who isn't a knight. He wants to be a knight and prove himself, so he sets off with his horse 'Oats' to slay a dragon.


The story really appeals to youngsters because they feel they can relate to the characters. It's a great little tale and my boys really enjoyed it. My 5 year old really did 'read it with me'. He also read it in bed to himself  for a while and the next day when we read at bedtime he proudly told me all the words he'd been able to work out for himself.


The Dragon's Dentist is published by Orion Books
and has a recommended retail price of £4.99.


We were sent our copy of the book to review.
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13 comments:

  1. Fiona Martin18 February 2014 at 23:42

    Looks great, usual high standard from the Orion Early readers. Aw, your boy looks so cute sitting there reading!

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    1. Jenny at The Brick Castle18 February 2014 at 23:49

      He was 'sounding out' the word 'much'. He's very proud he can read some words now and so keen to get reading - it's lovely :)

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  2. Pippa Ainsworth19 February 2014 at 00:08

    That looks like a really lovely book, the illustrations look great.

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    1. Jenny at The Brick Castle24 March 2014 at 23:25

      They're lovely, the illustrations in the Orion books are usually really attractive :)

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  3. Mummy of Two19 February 2014 at 08:28

    We have this too - it's a great book isn't it!

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  4. Writings, Ramblings and Reviews19 February 2014 at 20:35

    Sounds like the kind of book Monkey would like, he loves reading and this is the right stage for him!

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  5. Mary @over40andamumtoone19 February 2014 at 20:45

    Looks great, we have this already packed for our trip to Spain

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  6. Claire Toplis19 February 2014 at 21:50

    I love the look of the Dragons dentist.

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    1. Jenny at The Brick Castle20 February 2014 at 18:29

      It's definitely a favourite from the Orion Early Readers - they love it :)

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