The Dragons Are Singing Tonight

by Jack Prelutsky

Book Overview

From beloved children's poet Jack Prelutsky and acclaimed illustrator Peter Sis comes a fierce, fanciful series of poems all about dragons: dragons fierce and dragons friendly; dragons' lairs and dragons' eggs; even a menacing dragon living inside a computer--all spring to life in these enchanting poems and paintings.

"Prelutsky and Sis bring to life so many sorts of dragons: the large, the small, the ferocious, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068809645X
• ISBN13: 9780688096458
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Love this book

I had a soft copy for my two kids and they trashed it from use. I was thinking about it when we decided to theme the office programming area the "Dragon's Lair". So I bought two copies, one for my daughter and one for our artist. My daughter immediately remembered the book and it is now read 1-2 times a week for her. My artist draws dragons for fun so she is about as happy as my daughter!

Kids love this book, so do I

We got this book as a gift. I love the poems, and they read with a sort of happy cadence, even the ones with the more wicked lyrics. But more than anything, I really enjoy the artwork, which is reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts. Very appropriate. After reading this to my kids, I like to watch them run around pretending to be fire-breathing monster dragons. Much fun.

This is poetry to inspire children & adults alike.

I took a chance on Jack Prelutsky's gifted poetry and read this book to my son's 2nd Grade class, instead of a run-of-the-mill story. The children were enthralled. They really longed for the world to have dragons again, real or otherwise. Never mind that some of the vocabulary was a bit sophisticated for them (My Dragon's Been Disconsolate), they wanted to hear every poem, not just those I'd selected for them. My son returns to the book to gaze at Peter Sis' whimsical illustrations and read the poetry over again every so often. I peek over his shoulder each time!

Great book Great pictures!

This has great book with great pictures! I think it's one of Jack prelutsky best books! all the poems are fun to read.

A wonderful language experience for everyone

This is one of my favorite books. My children and I have read and re-read it. The Author's use of language and verbal imagery is both funny and poignant. I'm sure that the Dragons are very flattered