Three Tasks for a Dragon

(Hardback)

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Illustrated in a sophisticated muted palette, this is a classic quest story with a modern twist from two Irish Children's Laureates.

After his fathers death, Prince Lir is tricked into embarking on a perilous quest to rescue a maiden from a dragon. The studious young prince is no warrior, but he uses his brains to make himself indispensable to the grumpy dragon. However, neither prince nor dragon have bargained on the dark magic which manipulates them both, and it may be left to maiden herself to save them all

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Illustrator P.J. Lynch began to draw when he was very young. "My mama says that while everyone else was off playing football, I was always drawing," he says. "I got a lot of encouragement to continue with it. I'm not sure which came first--the encouragement or my showing any talent. But because I was encouraged, I kept at it, practiced, and improved." P.J. Lynch does more now than merely practice. Well known in publishing for the research he devotes to his exquisite and detailed illustrations, he has won the Kate Greenaway Medal for outstanding illustration in children's books twice and is a three-time recipient of the Christopher Medal, which is awarded to works that "affirm the highest dignity of the human spirit." Among his Christopher Medal-winning books is Susan Wojciechowski's "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey", a tale of a woodcarver whose grieving heart is healed by a gentle request. "I hope my work never settles into a recognizable style," says P.J. Lynch, who now lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his family. "So long as I am learning, my work will always be changing."