The Dragon of Doom

by Bruce Coville

Book Overview

Edward is bored with life in the little town of Pigbone. Then Moongobble the Magician and his faithful toad, Urk, move into the cottage on the hill. Soon Edward has a job helping Moongobble. And Moongobble needs a lot of help, because it turns out he is not a very good magician. (His spells keep turning things into cheese ) Edward has never been so busy -- or so happy. But then someone threatens to stop Moongobble from ever casting another spell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689857578
• ISBN13: 9780689857577
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 69 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Delightful!

A splendid trilogy of sweet but not syrupy fantasy books for young children (I'd say around 3-7). With a bit of dragons, a bit of magic, a bit of questing, and a bit of coming of age tale to them, I found these to be must read books for my kids.

Great fantasy for kids...

This book is very fun. My husband and I read alot with our son. And we encourage our son to read. We read a mixture of history, science and then fun stuff, like this book. This a great light story for children and it would be one to get the really young kids into reading. This book is about when Edward, a boy growing up in "Pigbone" meets his new neighbor Moongobble the wizard. This book is definitely written from a kid's point of view...my son was giggling the whole time. If you are looking for a fun read for your small child, this is the one!

Excellent for younger kids

I read extensively at night to my 5 and 6 year old boys. There is a trend for kids' book series to have small handsome volumes with clever illustration, like Spiderwick and Lemony Snicket. I had to edit out some disagreeable words in Spiderwick, and have decided to forego the Series of Unfortunate Events until they are older. And some of Bruce Coville's books like the Magic Shop series don't really make comfortable reading for very young kids. This is what makes Moongobble such a joy. Following the example of Spiderwick these are nifty little hardback volumes filled with winning illustrations. The stories are aimed at younger readers and my boys (beginning readers both) like to flip through the books themselves. In The Dragon of Doom, my boys really got a kick out of Moongobble accidentally turning everything into cheese. They also liked the talking toad.

The Dragon of Doom

I'm going into 4th grade. This book is really good because it's about a wizard who try's to become part of this important wizard group called the society of Magicians with the help of 3 friends I can't wait until the second book comes out.

A Really Good Book

I just got this book from the library and when I got home I read it straight through. Although it is short, it is very well written, and the plot held my interest. The characters are very well potrayed, and I can't wait for the 2nd book to come out!