Author(s): Leo Timmers

Picture | Gecko Press | Humour

A picture book from award-winning Leo Timmers about three silly knights and a clever dragon!

The king can't sleep until the dragon is found. Luckily, the three knights know everything about dragons and are armed to the teeth! Now they just have to find him. They set out into the night with a candle in hand. Soon they find something that looks very much like a dragon … Attack!

The funny rhyming text is by James Brown, an award-winning poet and translator of Gus's Garage.

Review:
Starred review. ...a lilting Suessian 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. -- Kirkus Reviews

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. -- Waking Brain Cells 

"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. -- The New York Times

Leo Timmers gives the reader so many different concepts to explore: invitations to experience maths, think about science, predict outcomes and express feelings. The list goes on... -- Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Prizes: Winner of Early Years Panda Book Award (China). Runner-up for Teach Early Years Award for Best Picture Book 2021 (UK). Long-listed for UKLA Book Awards (UK).

Author Biography: 
Leo Timmers was born in 1970 in Belgium. At the age of 12 he started to draw comics and later trained in graphic design. He illustrates for magazines and newspapers and has released many successful picture books. He has a large following as one of Belgium's pre-eminent picture book artists.