In this classic children's book, a girl wakes up in the middle of the
night and wants some cake. But to reach the refrigerator, she has to
tiptoe past a host of sleeping dragons, like Priscilla in her pink
pantaloons, the punk rock dragon Fagan with spiky green hair, and
Beelzebub (who sleeps in the tub). When she stubs her toe, the dragons
wake up, and she has to think fast to befriend the dragons.
An award-winning bestseller first published in 1989, Sleeping Dragons
All Around is back to spark the imaginations of a whole new generation.
Sheree Fitch's celebrated lipslippery poetry and Michele Nidenoff's
colourful illustrations combine to make one of the most delightful
children's books ever published in Canada.
Sheree Fitch has read this book to audiences from sea to sea to sea in
Canada, in the Himalayas, and along the eastern coast of Africa. Her
first two books, Toes in My Nose and Sleeping Dragons All Around,
launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a "kind of Canadian female
Dr. Seuss." Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian
children's literature since then, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award
for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over
twenty-five books to her credit. Fitch's home base is the east coast of
Canada. She dances with dragons daily.
Michelle Nidenoff's illustrations have been featured in magazines and
children's books, including The Canadian Children's Treasury. Among
her credits is a bronze award from the Broadcast Design Association in
Ontario. She lives in Toronto.
