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Dragons at Crumbling Castle : and other tales / Terry Pratchett ; illustrations by Mark Beech.

Pratchett, Terry, (author.). Beech, Mark, 1971- (illustrator.).

Summary:

An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells, written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0544466594
  • ISBN: 9780544466593
  • Physical Description: xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Great Britain : Doubleday, 2014.
Formatted Contents Note:
Dragons at Crumbling Castle -- Hercules the tortoise -- The Great Speck -- Hunt the Snorry -- Tales of the Carpet People -- Dok the Caveman -- The big race -- Another tale of the Carpet People -- The Great Egg-dancing Championship -- Edwo, the boring knight -- The 59A bus goes back in time -- The Abominable Snowman -- The Blackbury monster -- Father Christmas goes to work.
Target Audience Note:
Middle School.
820L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 5 172945.
Subject:
Children's stories, English.
Humorous stories > Juvenile literature.
Short stories > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Short stories.

Available copies

  • 22 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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Marion Library JUV PRA (Text) 37810435231187 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/12/2026
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Summary: An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells, written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.