Puff the Magic Dragon
Welcome to Honalee, an enchanted land of imagination and love. In this special place, you can share in the adventures of Jackie Paper and his childhood friend, Puff, the magic dragon. This title features illustrations that capture the magic of Honalee and its extraordinary inhabitants, and also...
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Welcome to Honalee, an enchanted land of imagination and love. In this special place, you can share in the adventures of Jackie Paper and his childhood friend, Puff, the magic dragon. This title features illustrations that capture the magic of Honalee and its extraordinary inhabitants, and also fresh interpretations of the song on a CD.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780230703810 (023070381X)
Publish date: September 5th 2008
Publisher: MacMillan Children's Books
Pages no: 24
Edition language: English
Peter, Paul and Mary had a folk song in 1963 called Puff the Magic Dragon, which this book, written by two members of the band, is based on. It's a very short story with a lot of repetition; having not heard the song I can't rightly compare and contrast, but it didn't flow quite right in the book as...
I had been eagerly anticipating reading this with my daughter since we will soon be visiting Hanalei (which closely resembles Puff's Honalee). I suppose it's a decent enough picture book adaptation of the song. A few gripes though....First, the text tampers with the song slightly by inserting a PC...
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