by Dick King-Smith · Gallimard Jeunesse · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070578009
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«Le dragon des mers» is the children's fantasy novel by Dick King-Smith, published by Gallimard Jeunesse in paperback (128 pages, in French).
After a great storm on the Scottish coast, siblings Angus and Fiona find a strange egg among the debris the sea leaves on the beach. From it hatches a sea dragon that the family adopts and names Crusoe. The only problem is that the creature keeps growing without stopping.
Original work in English: The Water Horse (1990), translated by Vanessa Rubio and illustrated by Peter Bailey. Folio Cadet collection, no. 495.
For children aged 8 and up who enjoy stories of fantastic animals and adventures.
Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was an English writer of children's books. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), which was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.
