Dragon Tales by Kenneth Grahame

Dragon Tales Reviews

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  Hannah

  This is a collection of older dragon stories (not specific legends) by two well-known children's authors--sweet tales with not much violence, intended for a younger audience. A good listen for a road trip with the kids!
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  Shawn Thrasher

  Kenneth Grahame's "The Reluctant Dragon" should be read (or listened to) by everyone who loves fantasy, dragons, and/or English history. It's witty, in Thurber-y kind of way (or perhaps Thurber is witty in a Grahame-y kind of way?). The three other dragon stories are Nesbitty in all the right ways. Why Edith Nesbit isn't more well known, I'll never understand. The Chronicles of Narnia exist because of E. Nesbit (and The Wind in the Willows, come to think about it); Lewis lifts so much Nesbit for his books it's almost a crime. Nesbit was so far ahead of her time; with a few tweaks, mostly things about servants, early 20th century accoutrement, pinafores and things like that, her stories are written in readable, modern language. These three are no exception. Her heroines, while not quite to the level of
  Dealing with Dragons level of kick-ass princess, are still not drecky and woe-is-me; her girls and boys are fully developed and make choices that make sense. Great, great fun. Also: the narrators are superb.
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  Rivkah

  I love Kenneth Grahame and I love Edith Nesbit and I love Bertie Carvel and I love Emma Gregory and this was the perfect thing to help me through a long dark winter's drive and move. And I refuse to be rational about it. It was delightful and perfect. I still take it out on dark rainy days when I need to work. Dragons.
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  Barb

  The reluctant Dragon is my favorite, but I liked them all!
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  Maria

  3⭐ - It was good
  
  Very cute! 😊💕
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  Rebecca Jones

  Absolutely delightful!
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  Victoria

  I really just wanted to hear The Reluctant Dragon because I love Kenneth Graham's "The Wind in the Willows" and have been wanting to read this one for a long time but couldn't really find it anywhere. My sons love dragons and it was great to get a chance to hear this story with them. I really loved it. It was cute and a new take on dragons. I would think that this one is where you get the concept for "How to Train Your Dragon" actually.
  
  The last three stories are shorter than the first and each are about princesses and princes and dragons. The first one was actually pretty funny and too quick and typical and the two after that were really sweet. I liked them all.
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  Jaime

  Classic stories. Well narrated. Absolutely amazed Katie listened through these at just over 4.
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  Katie Scott

  These were super cute short stories!
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  Jenny

  An absolutely delightful collection of stories--Nesbit's, especially. She turns expectations and stereotypes on their head in absolutely charming ways. A fabulous family listen.
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  Heather

  Several sweet short stories about dragons.
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  Benjamin Robinson

  In spite of the gender roles that have not aged particularly well, this book was a delight from start to finish.
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  Zoë

  Contains possibly my fave line in a kids story so far: how did the Princess live inbetween times? On her income, which many people need to learn...
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  the_bookish_took

  Wonderfully fun stories with dragons, princesses, princes, daring rescues and happy endings. Perfectly delightful for young and old!
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  Mad

  4.5/5*
  
  Yes, I listened to audio intended for children, and I regret nothing. In all honesty, I picked this up because it's narrated by Bertie Carvel, whose turn as Jonathan Strange in the BBC adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is so inspiring, that I went ahead and got my hands on anything he narrated in some way.
  
  These children's tales about dragons are read with delightful charm, which really just makes you smile while you listen. Sometimes, you need to embrace your (not-so-)inner child and listen to something like this.
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  Kathy

  4 tales with dragons... I listened to them... they were fun, even if one of them didn't make a lot of sense.