De IJsdraak
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9789024522330
Publish date: August 2007
Publisher: Uitgeverij Luitingh ~ Sijthoff
Pages no: 104
Edition language: Dutch
3.5 starsI enjoyed this short story. It's bittersweet, but I wouldn't expect anything less from the author.
The fantasy elements are as fascinating and compelling as the story of a family who loses their mother, Beth, during childbirth. Adara, Beth's youngest daughter, is cold, and distant, and born during winter. The titular ice dragon comes each winter for Beth, getting closer and closer to her even...
Martin Writes Fantastic Children's Novella “The Ice Dragon” is wonderfully written children’s story by master fantasy author George R.R. Martin, he of Game of Thrones fame. This short novella follows Adara who always longs for winter because of her affinity to the cold and ice as well as her big ...
bookshelves: summer-2015, tbr-busting-2015, published-1980, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, dragons, snow-times, kiddlewinks Read from August 07 to 09, 2015 Description: The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake...
This is a lovely little book that has quite the fairy-tale-feel to it, in that the characters don't have that much of an individual personality and the setting is pretty unspecific, both time- and location-wise. It's really quite a charming little tale - I mean, it's got dragons in it, how can it NO...
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