about the author

David Thistlethwaite grew up in London, and was often taken to The National Gallery, where a picture of St George and the Dragon was a favourite. At Cambridge he studied art history, and learnt much about such pictures, but nothing on the family life of dragons. The mystery was solved when his daughter, and later his granddaughter, demanded stories, and seemed to know one family in the dragon world very well.
David’s work life has been varied. The most enjoyable parts have been researching art theory, writing a book on art (1998), attending art school, painting portraits and landscape, and writing these stories.

about the book

One day Mr Gordon Collins, a professional list-maker from the government, explores the mountain that overlooks his home and discovers a whole family who are not yet on his list. The difference is that this family – father Sammy, mother Eleanor, daughter Rosie and son Daniel – are dragons, and friendly ones at that…
The adventures of this lively dragon family, and of Sammy in particular, formed the basis of numerous stories written by the author to entertain his granddaughter. Now a selection of ten of them is available to all readers, young and old alike. With wit and humour, these tales gently tackle aspects of life we all have to think about: the power of kindness, for instance, or learning to tell the difference between good and bad people.
Suitable for reading aloud to children aged 6-8, SAMMY THE DRAGON is an excellent choice for anyone who loves stories that are both amusing and thought-provoking. So, come and join Sammy and his family in their adventures, and discover the many lessons to be learned from these delightful dragons.

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Family Life not Cheap

The Sammy stories are stories of family life. When I was young, I particularly liked stories (often read out loud by by mother) about families in which the parents and children actually got on well wi ........

'A bit more human than human'

This is a phrase used by Sammy to describe himself (page 25) to Mr Collins, the people counter. In fact Mr Collins thinks he's been shown by the dragon family 'how to actually be a human'.Human beings ........

The story behind a story

One of the stories is unusual in that it is a story within a story. It's about a book (Sammy reads) called 'Mr Good Bear and Mr Bad Bear'. It has a rather interesting origin. Most of the stories were ........

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