You want everyone to have the whole story but at the same time you've got to respect the fact that every book could be somebody's first. It is a tough thing writing a book series. I was initially sceptical about this book thinking that it was a cash in on the Train your Dragon books… then I was afraid that coming in late in a series wouldn't be good I was wrong about both things. This is an utterly brilliant adventure that gripped me from the start and if I was 10 years old this would be one of the most wonderful adventures I could go on. That is if griffins even exist! A gorgeous and loving book that just oozes empathy and care for all of nature. Our plucky adventurers have to seek out a special feather from potentially the most dangerous creature on the planet, a griffin. Despite growing increasingly transparent the eggs are harder than diamond and before too long they will become a tomb for the winged horses inside. First American Edition, First Printing: Translated by Anthea Bell.The last Pegasus on Earth has three eggs but unfortunately Pegasus eggs need their mother's saliva to allow them to magically grow and their mother died recently. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! Not remaindered.

DRAGON RIDERD follows the exploits of a silver dragon named Firedrake, the Brownie Sorrel, and Ben, a human boy, who search for the mythic Rim of Heaven in the Himalayas mountain range to find a safe place for Firedrake's kin to live.-Wiki adapted. in the US, using a translation by Anthea Bell. Originally translated into English by Oliver Latsch (2001) Dragon Rider was republished in 2004 by The Chicken House in the UK and Scholastic Inc. DRAGON RIDER (original title: Drachenreiter) is a 1997 German children's novel by Cornelia Funke. Her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. Many of her books have now been translated into English. She is best known for her Inkheart trilogy originally published in Germany then, the United Kingdom between 2004-2008. 1958) is a German author of children's fiction. Funke' by the Author on the title page, small 8vo (8' x 6 1/4'), profusely illustrated with B&W chapter headings & in-text images plus a fold-out map in full color of heavy card stock, pictorial laminated boards with a boy & Brownie riding a dragon in dark blue sky filled with an orange-moon, orange endpapers, 523 pages.

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