One fine spring day, a down-at-heel minstrel is walking along the seashore, when he comes across a beautiful egg. To help it hatch, he plays a special tune on his harp. The shell cracks open and out comes the oddest little creature the minstrel has ever seen: a dragon pup, no bigger than a kitten. The minstrel takes the little creature, now named Lucky, back to his lodging and feeds it and from that day on, the two are inseparable. Lucky lives up to his name, bringing the minstrel good fortune until, one dark autumn night, he is stolen. Sadly, the minstrel wanders the land in search of his friend. But will they ever be reunited? Rosemary Sutcliff's books include "The Eagle of the Ninth", "The Lantern Bearers" (winner of the Carnegie Medal), "Warrior Scarlet", "Chess-Dream in a Garden" and versions of Beowulf, Tristan and Iseult and the King Arthur legends. Emma Chichester Clark has written and illustrated "Listen to This", which won the Mother Goose Award in 1988. She has also illustrated "Cissy Lavender", "Good Night, Stella", "The Haunting of Pip Parker", "Ragged Robin" and "I Never Saw a Purple Cow").

 

There are 42 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1995 by Walker Books Ltd .

Rosemary Sutcliff has written many historical novels for children. The Lantern Bearers won the Carnegie Medal. Rosemary Sutcliff received an OBE in 1975 and in 1993, the year after her death, was awarded the CBE. Emma Chichester Clark studied at Chelsea School of Art and then the Royal College WHere she was taught by Quentin Blake. She won the Mother Goose Award in 1988 for Listen to This.