Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons -- Ernest Drake - Hardcover
-- Booklet of dragon riddles (indispensable to the burgeoning dragonologist)
-- Sealed envelope containing a powerful dragon-calling spell
-- Embossed faux leather cover with silver foil, encrusted with three dragon gems In his afterword, Dr. Drake reveals that one of the crucial goals of dragonologists is to preserve the magnificent creatures of their study wherever possible - a goal this tongue-in-cheek volume most affectionately achieves. An incomparable gift for secret dragonologists everywhere
Author: Ernest Drake
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 10/13/2003
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 12.00h x 10.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780763623296
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.2
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80683 / Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 12/22/2003 pg. 63
Booklist 03/01/2004 pg. 1188
School Library Journal 04/01/2004 pg. 152
Booklist 04/15/2004 pg. 1454
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2004 pg. 228
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2003
ALA Best Books Young Adults 02/15/2005 pg. 1007
ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 02/15/2005 pg. 1024
About the Author
Dr. Ernest Drake is said to have lived in St. Leonard's Forest, Sussex, England, in the late nineteenth century and to have issued a very limited run -- some 100 copies -- of Dragonology in 1895. A noted dragonologist and a founding member of the Secret & Ancient Society of Dragonologists in London, Dr. Ernest Drake was determined to bring the subject of dragons under the burgeoning umbrella of the nineteenth-century natural sciences. He had absolutely no doubt that dragons exist, and his notes suggest that he had no little experience of them. Apparently, only one copy of Dragonology ever appeared in public, surfacing in the basement of a secondhand bookstore in London in 1987. The book was accompanied by a letter, dated 1904, addressed to an unnamed apprentice. Dr. Ernest Drake's painstaking work has been faithfully reproduced in this unique volume.