There was no background to any of the characters and jumped straight into the diary entries which was confusing and really hard to follow. The illustrations by Garry Parsons made the book better because it helped me understand the story as I was reading it and they were very good visually. I also like that this one little boy named Edward Smith-Pickle goes all the way from Scotland to Mongolia but he’s still the jolly boy he always is, even when he is standing there in front of three blood thirsty dragons. This book was easy and quick to read and probably suited to someone younger than 9 but I still really enjoyed reading it!

The Dragonsitter - Josh Lacey - Google Books The Dragonsitter - Josh Lacey - Google Books

Garry Parsons has illustrated several books for children and is the author and illustrator of Krong! There are lovely illustrations which definitely add to the story, I particularly enjoyed the pictures of the chinese inspired dragons. The trip turns out to be every bit as exciting as you’d expect, and it’s only the arrival of Uncle Morton’s own dragons, Ziggy and Arthur, that prevents Eddie ending up as a dragon’s dinner.

The Daily Telegraph described the book as “short, sharp and funny” and We Love This Book said it is full of “belly-busting laughter for all the family. I think that Josh Lacey is now probably my second favourite author (first is obviously David Walliams). They went into a cave and found bones and they didn’t know what they were until his uncle got knocked out with a dragon’s tail and he woke up with a really bad headache.

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My favourite character was Eddie because he is adventurous and I liked the world of dragons he was in. Garry Parsons is an award-winning illustrator of books for children, including the bestselling The Dinosaur That Pooped series. Josh Lacey is the author of many books for children including The Island of Thieves, Bearkeeper, The Dragonsitter and the Grk series. The mysterious adventures begins when Edward left for Mongolia to watch the Great Dragon Battle Ceremony with his uncle while his mum is unable to believe this.

I would like to read the first book in the series to see if that would help me to understand this better. He has also illustrated the popular fiction series The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey and the space adventure series George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking for slightly older readers. Uncle Morton has persuaded his nephew to accompany him to Mongolia to witness the legendary Great Dragon Battle Ceremony. This is sophisticated storytelling in a really accessible format, no wonder the series has now reached number ten.