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Edith Nesbit was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later connected to the Labour Party.

Dragons — of all sorts — make for marvelous fun, and this collection of madcap tales is filled with them. Some of the legendary monsters are funny and mischievous, others are downright frightening, and a number of them are wild and unpredictable. There's a dragon made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, a scaly creature that carries off the largest elephant in a zoo, and even a dragon whose gentle purring comforts a tiny tot.And who challenges these amazing creatures? Why, daring heroes, of course, as well as a wicked prince, and even an entire soccer team — which, unfortunately, meets its fate with a fire-breathing brute that flies out of the pages of an enchanted book.

The Book of Dragons has eight wonderful tales of exiting dragons! Including one dragon made of ice, another that relaxes in in the General Post Office, and a fire-breather that flies out of a magical book and consumes a whole soccer team... Contents: The Book of Beasts, Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger, The Deliverers of Their Country, The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, The Dragon Tamers, The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold, Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice.

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of fiction for children. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party.

She was born in 1858 at 38 Lower Kennington Lane in Kennington, Surrey(now part of Greater London), the daughter of a schoolteacher, John CollisNesbit, who died in March 1862, before her fourth birthday. Her sister Mary'sill health meant that the family moved around constantly for some years,living variously in Brighton, Buckinghamshire, France (Dieppe, Rouen,Paris, Tours, Poitiers, Angouleme, Bordeaux, Arcachon, Pau, Bagneres deBigorre, and Dinan in Brittany), Spain and Germany, before settling for threeyears at Halstead Hall in Halstead in north-west Kent, a location which laterinspired The Railway Children. When Nesbit was 17, the family movedagain, this time back to London, living variously in South East London atEltham, Lewisham, Grove Park and Lee. A follower of William Morris, 19-year-old Nesbit met bank clerk Hubert Bland in 1877.

This collection of madcap tales is filled with them. Some of the legendary monsters are funny and mischievous, others are downright frightening, and a number of them are wild and unpredictable. There's a dragon made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, a scaly creature that carries off the largest elephant in a zoo, and even a dragon whose gentle purring comforts a tiny tot.And who challenges these amazing creatures? Why, daring heroes, of course, as well as a wicked prince, and even an entire soccer team — which, unfortunately, meets its fate with a fire-breathing brute that flies out of the pages of an enchanted book.E. (Edith) Nesbit (1858–1924) was one of the pioneers of fantasy fiction for children.