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Dragonracers
Twins Kitty and Harris Hawk have grown up at the airfield where their father works as an engineer. Kitty in particular is obsessed with the idea of becoming an aeronaut but her father thinks children should stay firmly on the ground. When the twins discover a strange and unusually large egg from which a dragon hatches, little do they imagine that this is the first step on a journey that will see them taking to the skies and competing in the first long-distance air race. Can they win the huge prize that’s at stake and will their daring adventure lead their father to change his mind about Kitty’s future?
- GenresFantasyMiddle Grade
94 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 2, 2023
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Peter Bunzl
13 books333 followersPeter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one little sister, an antique dealer dad, and an artist mum. As a child he found inspiration visiting TV and film sets, where his mum worked as a costume designer.
After art college and film school, Peter worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos, and two BAFTA-winning children’s TV shows, and wrote and directed several successful short films.
Peter’s debut novel Cogheart was a Waterstones Book of the Month. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Moonlocket was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. Cogheart, Skycircus and Shadowsea were nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Peter lives in North London with his partner, a fox who visits their garden, and a clutter of house spiders.
After art college and film school, Peter worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos, and two BAFTA-winning children’s TV shows, and wrote and directed several successful short films.
Peter’s debut novel Cogheart was a Waterstones Book of the Month. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Moonlocket was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. Cogheart, Skycircus and Shadowsea were nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Peter lives in North London with his partner, a fox who visits their garden, and a clutter of house spiders.
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December 27, 2022
Well this is just a delight! Dragons, brave kids, loads of interesting stuff about flights and flying and a lot of tenacity! Who wouldn’t wanna find a dragon and fly it? I loved this! Can’t wait to get a copy for school!
December 27, 2024
This is a brilliant story set around the real historical event of the first flight from London to Manchester. Kitty and Harris live with their dad and spend time with him every day at the airfield in Hendon where he works as an engineer helping to repair and fix up planes. Kitty wants to learn how to fly a plane just like her father’s employer Claude Grahame-White but her dad always refuses to let her learn. Sulking one day, Kitty throws a stone into a river and sees something underneath the water. Soon she and Harris have pulled out a giant egg from the water and not long after they go home find it hatches into a baby dragon. While both siblings are excited about their new pet, could the dragon be Kitty’s answer to her dreams of flying?
This is such a fun story set in the early 1900s and narrated by Kitty. Always excited to watch planes flying, Kitty really wants to learn how to fly them herself, but whenever she asks someone they always refuse saying it’s too dangerous. But Kitty is determined that one day she will become a pilot and fly, while her brother Harris is only interested in reading, especially about dragons. One day when the pair go to a river, Harris is busy reading his book while Kitty throws stones at the water. She soon discovers something exciting under the water and the twins later hatch a dragon which they hide in a disused aircraft hanger at the Hendon Airfield as it grows up. I love what happens in this story when the kids discover the dragon egg. The way the dragon acts and purrs when it’s hatched is so cute and I love what it ends up eating as it gets bigger and bigger!
As the story moves on, there ends up being a competition flight between two famous aeronauts who are in a competition to see who will reach Manchester first in a flight from London. I love how this story is based around this real event in history, but with a great dragon flying twist with the kids finding a way to fly the dragon too! I don’t want to spoil it by saying what happens but it’s a brilliant story and I like how unpredictable the dragon becomes with the things she ends up doing. But the relationship between the kids and the dragon is so sweet and I love what happens later with the kids and dragon when they meet with one of the pilots flying in the race.
The story has some lovely illustrations throughout the book and I have to say I really love the way everything and everyone looks. Each of the images is in black, white and grey and I love how these pictures add to the story and sense of excitement. I also love how the dragon looks especially! The book is a dyslexia friendly read which means it has some special features making it easier for dyslexics to read such as a special font used for the text, larger than usual text size, separated paragraphs and the physical book would be printed on thick pages with a yellow/creamy tint to them. It’s also just around 100 pages long making it a good shorter read for reluctant readers too.
There is a great ending to the story that’s very satisfying and there’s an author’s note at the end which explains more about the real life flight between the two pilots mentioned in the story who really did try to be the first to fly from London to Manchester in less than twenty four hours. I love how this story features that real life event, but turns it into something even more exciting while still keeping to the original facts of what happened between the two pilots. Overall this is such a great and fun read and perfect for anyone who loves a good historical story, but with a fantasy dragon twist!
-Thanks to Barrington Stoke for a free copy.
This is such a fun story set in the early 1900s and narrated by Kitty. Always excited to watch planes flying, Kitty really wants to learn how to fly them herself, but whenever she asks someone they always refuse saying it’s too dangerous. But Kitty is determined that one day she will become a pilot and fly, while her brother Harris is only interested in reading, especially about dragons. One day when the pair go to a river, Harris is busy reading his book while Kitty throws stones at the water. She soon discovers something exciting under the water and the twins later hatch a dragon which they hide in a disused aircraft hanger at the Hendon Airfield as it grows up. I love what happens in this story when the kids discover the dragon egg. The way the dragon acts and purrs when it’s hatched is so cute and I love what it ends up eating as it gets bigger and bigger!
As the story moves on, there ends up being a competition flight between two famous aeronauts who are in a competition to see who will reach Manchester first in a flight from London. I love how this story is based around this real event in history, but with a great dragon flying twist with the kids finding a way to fly the dragon too! I don’t want to spoil it by saying what happens but it’s a brilliant story and I like how unpredictable the dragon becomes with the things she ends up doing. But the relationship between the kids and the dragon is so sweet and I love what happens later with the kids and dragon when they meet with one of the pilots flying in the race.
The story has some lovely illustrations throughout the book and I have to say I really love the way everything and everyone looks. Each of the images is in black, white and grey and I love how these pictures add to the story and sense of excitement. I also love how the dragon looks especially! The book is a dyslexia friendly read which means it has some special features making it easier for dyslexics to read such as a special font used for the text, larger than usual text size, separated paragraphs and the physical book would be printed on thick pages with a yellow/creamy tint to them. It’s also just around 100 pages long making it a good shorter read for reluctant readers too.
There is a great ending to the story that’s very satisfying and there’s an author’s note at the end which explains more about the real life flight between the two pilots mentioned in the story who really did try to be the first to fly from London to Manchester in less than twenty four hours. I love how this story features that real life event, but turns it into something even more exciting while still keeping to the original facts of what happened between the two pilots. Overall this is such a great and fun read and perfect for anyone who loves a good historical story, but with a fantasy dragon twist!
-Thanks to Barrington Stoke for a free copy.
March 13, 2023
Dragonracers is such a fun little book!
It's published by Barrington Stoke, whose praises I've sung many times before on this blog, but that's not going to stop me from doing so again. Barrington Stoke specialise in publishing stories for reluctant readers and people with reading difficulties. This philosophy infuses everything they do, from the colour and thickness of the paper they use, through the font, to the language used, to make sure the whole thing is as accessible as possible. They also have some of the best children's authors in the business writing for them too. These short books are written beautifully, and cleverly and are definitely not "dumbed down" for any potential audience. They also make wonderful short reads for those of us who are highly capable and not at all reluctant readers. Sometimes you just want a great story that you can finish in a couple of hours, like after a long, and intensely emotional novel, or, in my case with Dragonracers, when you're on a coach to London to take part in a kids' lit pub quiz with Peter Bunzl on your team. (We finished second, Alwyn Hamilton and her team narrowly beat us.)
Dragonracers is a superb example. It's about two siblings, twins Kitty and Harris Hawk, who grow up on an airfield. The setting is the exciting days of early aviation, when planes were new and exciting and there were challenges to see how far people could fly them. It is 1910, and the skies are just opening up to the "Bird Men", those early daredevil aeronauts.
Kitty is the engineering minded twin, taking after her dad, Peregrine, who is an engineer at the airfield. She really wants to fly, but isn't allowed, One of the things I really liked about this was, despite the early twentieth century setting, there was no suggestion that Kitty wouldn't be allowed to fly because she was a girl, or that this would prevent her from her engineering studies. It's more that it's too dangerous and she's too young. Her brother, Harris, is more interested in reading, particularly dragon stories, while Kitty is desperate to fly.
One of the main drivers for the plot is a proposed flying race, from London to Manchester. The local ace, Claud, is going to compete against a French pilot, Lois Paulhan, for glory and bragging rights and a very large prize purse. I really love those early days of exploration and challenge, when things like flying from London to Manchester were new and bold and ambitious, and Dragonracers captures the feel of that period beautifully.
It's not all historically accurate though, because there's this dragon!
Honestly, it's brilliant. This lovely little historical novel about the early days of aviation and adventure gets completely derailed when the twins find a dragon egg, that then hatches, and imprints on them. Somehow the blend works incredibly well, this mix of the fantasy and the historic, and it is so fun watching the twins trying to conceal and train their new draconic friend. And, well, Harris loves dragons, and Kitty is just desperate to fly, so it's all quite the perfect mix. It all leads up to that long distance race, which is tense and thrilling and exciting.
A wonderful mix of fantasy and history, with two wonderful young characters.
It's published by Barrington Stoke, whose praises I've sung many times before on this blog, but that's not going to stop me from doing so again. Barrington Stoke specialise in publishing stories for reluctant readers and people with reading difficulties. This philosophy infuses everything they do, from the colour and thickness of the paper they use, through the font, to the language used, to make sure the whole thing is as accessible as possible. They also have some of the best children's authors in the business writing for them too. These short books are written beautifully, and cleverly and are definitely not "dumbed down" for any potential audience. They also make wonderful short reads for those of us who are highly capable and not at all reluctant readers. Sometimes you just want a great story that you can finish in a couple of hours, like after a long, and intensely emotional novel, or, in my case with Dragonracers, when you're on a coach to London to take part in a kids' lit pub quiz with Peter Bunzl on your team. (We finished second, Alwyn Hamilton and her team narrowly beat us.)
Dragonracers is a superb example. It's about two siblings, twins Kitty and Harris Hawk, who grow up on an airfield. The setting is the exciting days of early aviation, when planes were new and exciting and there were challenges to see how far people could fly them. It is 1910, and the skies are just opening up to the "Bird Men", those early daredevil aeronauts.
Kitty is the engineering minded twin, taking after her dad, Peregrine, who is an engineer at the airfield. She really wants to fly, but isn't allowed, One of the things I really liked about this was, despite the early twentieth century setting, there was no suggestion that Kitty wouldn't be allowed to fly because she was a girl, or that this would prevent her from her engineering studies. It's more that it's too dangerous and she's too young. Her brother, Harris, is more interested in reading, particularly dragon stories, while Kitty is desperate to fly.
One of the main drivers for the plot is a proposed flying race, from London to Manchester. The local ace, Claud, is going to compete against a French pilot, Lois Paulhan, for glory and bragging rights and a very large prize purse. I really love those early days of exploration and challenge, when things like flying from London to Manchester were new and bold and ambitious, and Dragonracers captures the feel of that period beautifully.
It's not all historically accurate though, because there's this dragon!
Honestly, it's brilliant. This lovely little historical novel about the early days of aviation and adventure gets completely derailed when the twins find a dragon egg, that then hatches, and imprints on them. Somehow the blend works incredibly well, this mix of the fantasy and the historic, and it is so fun watching the twins trying to conceal and train their new draconic friend. And, well, Harris loves dragons, and Kitty is just desperate to fly, so it's all quite the perfect mix. It all leads up to that long distance race, which is tense and thrilling and exciting.
A wonderful mix of fantasy and history, with two wonderful young characters.
October 3, 2023
Kitty Hawk has always wanted to fly. Kitty and her brother have grown up around planes as their father is an aeronautical engineer. They have grown up surrounded by the news of early plane flight, and Kitty wants even more for herself.
A family friend and pilot has opened the very first flying school in Britain, and Kitty pleads with him and her father to be able to learn to fly. But alas, she is told it is much safer for children on the ground.
Her brother Harris likes a different kind of flight - Dragons! Harris knows all there is to know about dragons, but he knows that they are just mythical creatures. Or are they?
One day, as Kitty is full of disappointment at not being allowed to learn, she and Harris find something. It's a very large egg. Hiding it, they soon discover no bird laid this egg. It's a baby dragon! As it grows in its hiding place, there is much excitement around them and the airfield they live in. A flying race has been announced from London to Manchester. Kitty's mind is racing too. She just might have a way to be able to enter that race!
Based on a real flying race from London to Manchester in the UK in 1910, Dragonracers adds the magical element of a dragon! Although set in the early 20th century, the theme of Dragonracers is just as relevant today. If you have a dream, stick at it, keep working towards it, and if an opportunity arrives that will help - grab it! Unfortunately Dragons don't come along that often, so keep an eye out for other ways to achieve your goal.
At 107 pages and sprinkled with illustrations, this novel for Dyslexic or Reluctant readers is a fun read. There is magic, action, siblings working together and a little bit of rebellion as they take to the skies in front of their Dad.
Dyslexic Read - Reading Age 8 - Interest Age 9+
A family friend and pilot has opened the very first flying school in Britain, and Kitty pleads with him and her father to be able to learn to fly. But alas, she is told it is much safer for children on the ground.
Her brother Harris likes a different kind of flight - Dragons! Harris knows all there is to know about dragons, but he knows that they are just mythical creatures. Or are they?
One day, as Kitty is full of disappointment at not being allowed to learn, she and Harris find something. It's a very large egg. Hiding it, they soon discover no bird laid this egg. It's a baby dragon! As it grows in its hiding place, there is much excitement around them and the airfield they live in. A flying race has been announced from London to Manchester. Kitty's mind is racing too. She just might have a way to be able to enter that race!
Based on a real flying race from London to Manchester in the UK in 1910, Dragonracers adds the magical element of a dragon! Although set in the early 20th century, the theme of Dragonracers is just as relevant today. If you have a dream, stick at it, keep working towards it, and if an opportunity arrives that will help - grab it! Unfortunately Dragons don't come along that often, so keep an eye out for other ways to achieve your goal.
At 107 pages and sprinkled with illustrations, this novel for Dyslexic or Reluctant readers is a fun read. There is magic, action, siblings working together and a little bit of rebellion as they take to the skies in front of their Dad.
Dyslexic Read - Reading Age 8 - Interest Age 9+
February 19, 2023
The daring exploits of aviation pioneers in the early 1900’s inspire twins Kitty and Harris to take to the skies in a thrilling blend of fantasy, adventure and historical fact.
Growing up next to Hendon Airfield where their father works as an engineer, ten-year-old twins Kitty and Harris Hawk are no strangers to flying machines. Kitty is obsessed with planes and harbours dreams of taking to the skies, something her father has forbidden. Harris’ interests lie in a different form of flight…dragons.
When the pair take a strange egg home they are not expecting a dragon to hatch, a very hungry dragon that rapidly outgrows its hangar home and becomes an extremely difficult secret to keep. A dragon though could be just what Kitty needs to enter the London to Manchester air race and prove to everyone that she is the best pilot of them all…
Fast-paced, exciting and well-researched, Dragonracers takes inspiration from events in April 1910 and adds a dragon and some determined young aeronauts who want to experience the wonder of flight for themselves. It is a brilliant short story that is filled with the thrill of those early days of aviation and has some great historical facts - Claude Grahame-White and Louis Paulhan were involved in the London to Manchester air race - that will encourage young aeronauts to find out more.
Dragon obsessed Harris, and Kitty with her dreams of flying, share a wonderful sibling bond, their love and kindness shining through as they nurture their dragon before hopping aboard for the adventure of a lifetime. Kitty especially will encourage children to chase their dreams and to find courage in the face of adversity. Despite being told that being a pilot is not for girls she won’t let anything stop her; having to prove both her dad and Claude wrong adds plenty of dragon-fire to her belly.
Dragons, adventure and racing through the skies…what’s not to love! Dragonracers will soar.
Recommended for 8+.
Growing up next to Hendon Airfield where their father works as an engineer, ten-year-old twins Kitty and Harris Hawk are no strangers to flying machines. Kitty is obsessed with planes and harbours dreams of taking to the skies, something her father has forbidden. Harris’ interests lie in a different form of flight…dragons.
When the pair take a strange egg home they are not expecting a dragon to hatch, a very hungry dragon that rapidly outgrows its hangar home and becomes an extremely difficult secret to keep. A dragon though could be just what Kitty needs to enter the London to Manchester air race and prove to everyone that she is the best pilot of them all…
Fast-paced, exciting and well-researched, Dragonracers takes inspiration from events in April 1910 and adds a dragon and some determined young aeronauts who want to experience the wonder of flight for themselves. It is a brilliant short story that is filled with the thrill of those early days of aviation and has some great historical facts - Claude Grahame-White and Louis Paulhan were involved in the London to Manchester air race - that will encourage young aeronauts to find out more.
Dragon obsessed Harris, and Kitty with her dreams of flying, share a wonderful sibling bond, their love and kindness shining through as they nurture their dragon before hopping aboard for the adventure of a lifetime. Kitty especially will encourage children to chase their dreams and to find courage in the face of adversity. Despite being told that being a pilot is not for girls she won’t let anything stop her; having to prove both her dad and Claude wrong adds plenty of dragon-fire to her belly.
Dragons, adventure and racing through the skies…what’s not to love! Dragonracers will soar.
Recommended for 8+.
January 22, 2023
This is a wonderful short story from Peter Bunzl, author of the incredible Cogheart series of books amongst others. It is the perfect blend of historical fact and heartwarming fantasy - a thrilling dragon ride against the backdrop of pre-war Britain.
The story follows Kitty and Harris Hawk, whose father is assisting in the building, repairing and flying of early planes. While Harris is absorbed in his books, Kitty dreams of being an aeronaut, despite her father's insistence that it isn't for her. When a race from London to Manchester (based on a real events) coincides with the twins finding and hatching a dragon's egg, the children set out to prove everyone wrong.
Despite being a short book, I came to care about the twins quickly and loved how their individual strengths worked well together. The action was quick to start and the story progressed at a good pace. This is going to be a popular book in y classroom and I already know exactly which children I'm going to recommend this to in other classes too!
Lastly, a note on Barrington Stoke, who I have been promoting and purchasing for over a decade now. Their books are incredible. While made primarily for dyslexic readers, I have found these to be an invaluable resource in my classroom for many, many children. Due to the less complex sentence structure and short chapters, these books are perfect for those young readers that are still building up their reading stamina. The stories are well-written and carefully structured but non-threatening or overwhelming for those children who want to progress to chapter books but find most of them daunting. Thank you, Barrington Stoke!
The story follows Kitty and Harris Hawk, whose father is assisting in the building, repairing and flying of early planes. While Harris is absorbed in his books, Kitty dreams of being an aeronaut, despite her father's insistence that it isn't for her. When a race from London to Manchester (based on a real events) coincides with the twins finding and hatching a dragon's egg, the children set out to prove everyone wrong.
Despite being a short book, I came to care about the twins quickly and loved how their individual strengths worked well together. The action was quick to start and the story progressed at a good pace. This is going to be a popular book in y classroom and I already know exactly which children I'm going to recommend this to in other classes too!
Lastly, a note on Barrington Stoke, who I have been promoting and purchasing for over a decade now. Their books are incredible. While made primarily for dyslexic readers, I have found these to be an invaluable resource in my classroom for many, many children. Due to the less complex sentence structure and short chapters, these books are perfect for those young readers that are still building up their reading stamina. The stories are well-written and carefully structured but non-threatening or overwhelming for those children who want to progress to chapter books but find most of them daunting. Thank you, Barrington Stoke!
April 14, 2023
Kitty lives with her twin Harris and their Dad in a cottage at Hendon Airfield, their mother died when they were babies and her Dad has always looked after them. Her Dad is a engineer for Claude who who wants to run a small flying school at the airfield he has started, he already starting to teach in his biplane. It is still the beginning of flight, just 7 years after the Wright brothers first flight but things moved quickly.
Kitty wants to learn but her Dad says she is too young, that she should spend more time reading like Harris, who is more interested in Dragon books!
The children are throwing rocks in a pool, Kitty is super annoyed about Claude and Dad saying children should be concentrating on books. Then there is something in the pond, a glowing pearl the size of a football. They pick it out of the water, they guess it's an egg but aren't sure from what but decide to keep it a secret from Dad. Harris checks his book....can it really be...A DRAGON! The adventure with the baby dragon continues and intertwines so well with the story of a biplane race.
Like all of Peter Bunzl's books that I've read, this is a beautiful story. The fact that it's for publication by Barrington stoke makes me love it more! I love getting these for school for all children.
Kitty wants to learn but her Dad says she is too young, that she should spend more time reading like Harris, who is more interested in Dragon books!
The children are throwing rocks in a pool, Kitty is super annoyed about Claude and Dad saying children should be concentrating on books. Then there is something in the pond, a glowing pearl the size of a football. They pick it out of the water, they guess it's an egg but aren't sure from what but decide to keep it a secret from Dad. Harris checks his book....can it really be...A DRAGON! The adventure with the baby dragon continues and intertwines so well with the story of a biplane race.
Like all of Peter Bunzl's books that I've read, this is a beautiful story. The fact that it's for publication by Barrington stoke makes me love it more! I love getting these for school for all children.
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January 31, 2023In keeping with other Barrington Stokes publications, 'Dragonracers' perfectly walks the fine line between simplicity of language and accessibility of chapter length on the one hand, and compelling storytelling on the other. Kitty and Harris Hawk, children of a flight engineer live at the time of the London to Manchester air race in 1910. Kitty has long wanted to learn to fly, but her dreams are thwarted by her father who believes his little girl should keep her feet firmly on the ground and avoid the dangers of flight in the early days of aeroplane development. Harris, meanwhile, has his nose constantly in books about dragons. The story tracks their adventure as they discover a dragon's egg and raise a dragon in time to fly it in the air race alongside two famous pilots.
For reluctant readers interested in dragons, or planes, or the fight faced by girls to follow their dreams, this read would be perfect. The story is fast paced and draws the reader in quickly to the action , making it a great choice for children who find reading has challenges. I would also recommend it as a fun read aloud for teachers exploring the history of flight with KS1 pupils.
For reluctant readers interested in dragons, or planes, or the fight faced by girls to follow their dreams, this read would be perfect. The story is fast paced and draws the reader in quickly to the action , making it a great choice for children who find reading has challenges. I would also recommend it as a fun read aloud for teachers exploring the history of flight with KS1 pupils.
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December 21, 2022Dragonracers is a small chapter book published by Barrington Stoke. Barrington Stoke primarily caters for those with dyslexia and their books are shorter, printed on cream paper and often feature illustrations on their pages.
Dragonracers is set in the era where flight is only just beginning to develop. Kitty is obsessed with learning to fly whereas her brother is obsessed with dragons. One day, the siblings find a dragon egg and hatch it. Kitty then has an idea that she will ride on the dragon to compete in a long distance air race - where there are only two men competing against each other.
The book is fast paced and is well researched as the two competitors were actual real people it is a tale of love, friendship and family with a lot of adventure thrown in.
Perfect for those aged 7+
Dragonracers is set in the era where flight is only just beginning to develop. Kitty is obsessed with learning to fly whereas her brother is obsessed with dragons. One day, the siblings find a dragon egg and hatch it. Kitty then has an idea that she will ride on the dragon to compete in a long distance air race - where there are only two men competing against each other.
The book is fast paced and is well researched as the two competitors were actual real people it is a tale of love, friendship and family with a lot of adventure thrown in.
Perfect for those aged 7+
February 10, 2023
I’ve enjoyed many of Peter Bunzl’s previous books, and I enjoy stories about dragons, so Dragonracers was a no brainier for me.
I really loved Kitty and her absolute determination to fly, though I can understand why her father is so reluctant to allow how to participate in such a dangerous (at that time) activity as a child. I liked that she and Harris didn’t lose their kindness towards others in their ambition to win the race.
The plot was a lot of fun, with Kitty and Harris trying to keep the dragon secret as she grows so rapidly! And the race was exciting to read. I loved the author’s note at the end, which described the real London to Manchester air race.
Overall, this was a wonderful adventure that was huge fun to read.
I was given a copy of this book, my opinions are my own.
I really loved Kitty and her absolute determination to fly, though I can understand why her father is so reluctant to allow how to participate in such a dangerous (at that time) activity as a child. I liked that she and Harris didn’t lose their kindness towards others in their ambition to win the race.
The plot was a lot of fun, with Kitty and Harris trying to keep the dragon secret as she grows so rapidly! And the race was exciting to read. I loved the author’s note at the end, which described the real London to Manchester air race.
Overall, this was a wonderful adventure that was huge fun to read.
I was given a copy of this book, my opinions are my own.
December 26, 2022
The perfect adventure story for children who love flying and dragons. The plot follows a set of twins who find a dragon egg and raise it. The story has elements of flight history and would be a great provocation for an inquiry about flight. It is an easy to read story for younger children. It would make a lovely book club read for 7-9 year olds.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.
January 3, 2023
We enjoy Barrington Stokes publications because even the youngest of my Grandchildren can join in our reading group and this really builds her reading confidence. Peter Bunzl is considered a superstar amongst the children and this exciting book certainly lived up to our expectations, buy it now - you will be glad you did.
January 3, 2023
Arc Copy...Ok first ARC review of the year! I thought it was a delightful, cute and whimsical early chapter (judging by the length) reader with historical touch too. I found it awe whenever the kids take care of the dragon alias kids and a new pet friend for life.
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