When the King and his townspeople beg brave George to fight a fierce dragon, he immdiately agrees to help. Will he be able to slay the dragon and rescue the Princess?
A beautifully illustrated retelling of this favourite traditional story.
Must Know Stories includes favourite tales, celebrating the diversity of our literary heritage. Level 2 stories are told in short chapters, with under 1000 words.
This book features in the following series: Hopscotch-Adventures, Must Know Stories .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .
Peter Kavanagh has written numerous storybooks and picture books for young children. Anne Adeney writes for children, has four daughters of her own, does remedial teaching, teaches Sunday school, and is a tireless promoter of children's books and reading.
This book contains the following story:
George and the Dragon
When visiting Libya, George came across a fiery dragon who has been terrorising a village. The villagers had managed to keep it sweet by offering up a sheep every day, but once out of sheep the dragon had demanded a daily maiden sacrifice. The village was running out of sweet maidens but George stepped in and saved the day by killing the dragon.