Where is the Dragon?
Teach Early Years Award 2021 (UK) | panda book award 2022 (china)
UKLA AWARD longlisted (UK)
Three not-so-smart knights go in search of a dragon – the King doesn’t dare to go to bed until they defeat the beast.
The knights know all about dragons, and are armed to the teeth. Now they just have to find it.
With a candle in hand, they go looking in the dark night.
They soon find something that looks very much like a dragon… Charge! In Where Is the Dragon?
Leo Timmers plays with light and shade in an ingenious way.
Charming illustrations tell a story in which nothing is what it seems.
Picture Book | 40 pages | 28 x 21 cm | Querido
“Timmers’s dragon recalls Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwock in that both monsters have an air of goofball about them, reminding us that fear is sometimes more violent than the monster we expect around the corner.
“Where Is the Dragon?” is a beautiful, unsolvable riddle about fear, its manifestations and what it means to try to conquer what might have no intention of ever causing any harm.”
“this delightful story will win hearts…Eye catching illustrations will turn the heads of the readers as they take in the story and its stunning backdrop. Timmer’s use of shadows and outlines is superb, the detail arresting and the Medieval touches intriguing.”
“With ‘Where’s the dragon?’ Timmers confirms his reputation as one of our most important picture book makers.”
“A lilting Seussian singsong, with wonderful, surprising rhymes, and little readers and their grown-ups will have a great time combining their voices and giggling through the proceedings.”
“it would make for a fabulous story-time choice. Timmers’s illustrations feature rich colors, lots of textures, and characters that seem to stand off the page. He works wonders with light and shadow here — to great comic effect.”
“Timmers has a marvelous sense of humor in all of his picture books. This book glows with that humor, as each shadow is cleverly revealed to be nothing at all. The dialogue between the knights is delightful…Just the page turns alone in this picture book are a joy, each reveal is great fun to guess at before turning the page…Perfect for any knights and dragon fans you might have, this book is a great read aloud.”
“Fun, cleverness and rhythm make this the perfect book for bedtime! The carefully executed illustrations are an example of how a well thought illustration process can make a picturebook outstanding. The whole play between light and dark itself is in worthy of an award.”