Happy Chinese new year! it's the year of the dragon. This one is not very Chinese but one of my favourites. St George and the Fiery Dragon by Elizabeth and Gerald Rose published in the sixties. Fabulous exuberant illustrations and a happy ending, the remorseful dragon promised to stop eating beautiful maidens so they gave him a large parcel of pancakes and sent him on his way.
Love these kinds of bright sketchy illustrations, I did a post a while ago about a book illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, have a look if you have the time!x
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Lovely funny clever book, wish I could find my copy...
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