Life-Size Dragons [With Includes Life-Size Poster]

By John Grant

Book Overview

The pictures are life-size, and the sales are larger than life: Life-Size Dinosaurs has already sold almost 400,000 copies And now, the bestselling series features its first fantastic creatures...and a children's favorite. Continuing the success of this humongous, eye-popping series, Life-Size Dragons ventures into the realm of the imagination. We know that dragons are popular--both Dragonhenge and The Book of the Dragon became big hits with a devoted fan base. And here they are breathing fire in ten pullout flaps by digital art pioneer Fred Gambino...and bigger than ever before. There's even a close-up look into the dragon's deathly jaws and its red-hot flaming mouth. But that's not all: the text--written by Hugo Award-winner John Grant--delves into mythology to reveal the natural history, evolution, anatomy, behavior, and every other aspect of a variety of dragon species. How clever are they, really? Do any still live in the modern world? Dragon-obsessed youngsters (and which one isn't?) will want to look and learn. John Grant is the pseudonym of Paul Barnett, a former editor and editorial consultant. He has written both fiction and nonfiction, specializing in sci-fi and fantasy. Among his many honors are: two Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Award, and the rare British Science Fiction Association Special Award. Fred Gambino has done groundbreaking work in the world of digital art, and is a prolific illustrator of book covers--especially for science fiction and fantasy stories. He produced backgrounds and concept drawings for the film Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402725361
• ISBN13: 9781402725364
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.8" x 14.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7

Customer Reviews

A fun and visually spectacular guidebook to the world of Dragons.

This book is a stunner! The huge illustrations (the book is 36" long) and life size scale details are brilliantly colored and lovely to look at. My 8-year old enjoyed the categorizations of the types of dragons, and we used this book as a springboard which launched him into reading dragon chapter books.

Fun book, wonderful artwork

My 8 yr old loved getting and reading this book. Some of it is above his head, but he really enjoys the pictures and pull out poster. As good as all the other "life-sized" books.