{"product_id":"the-14th-dragon","title":"The 14th Dragon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThirteen dragons are captured in verse and by paint brush. Each dragon is the creation of a different illustrator with the fourteenth dragon left to the imagination and talent of the reader. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1968\/09\/08\/archives\/the-14th-dragon-by-james-e-seidelman-and-grace-mintonye-illustrated.html\"\u003eNY Times Review, 1968\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e“On a magical, mystical day” when “nothing behaves in the usual way” thirteen hunters set off on a whimsical dragon hunt. You, the reader, are invited to join this band of bumpkins, black silhouetted against the pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"css-12m5bll evys1bk0\"\u003eThirteen dragons, described in undistinguished verse and with relentless alliteration as “droopy,” “drowsy,” “darling,” “dainty,” “dastardly,” etc., fall prey, one by one, to hugs, flowers, toys and other bland means of capture. The fourteenth of the title? Well, that's for you to capture, with “paper and crayons” as best you can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"css-12m5bll evys1bk0\"\u003eThe purpose behind all of this is to display the absolutely splendid dragons, each by a different artist in his own style (though one wishes it were a little easier to tell throughout which artist did which dragon). My favorites are Edward Gorey's utterly languid green one, lying belly-up on a rock, gazing at a dragon fly; a Trojan-Horse one by Nicole Claveloux, with tiny fantastic demons in his hollow inside; and Ralph Pinto's soulful, middle-aged one wafting on green wings over delicately cross-hatched forests and mountain peaks. There are dragons here for every taste. And if, in the face of such artistry, you'd rather just admire your favorites and skip creating your very own, don't worry, that's all right too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIllustrated by Robert L. Anderson, Victoria Chess, Nicole Claveloux, Virginia Fritz, Edward Gorey, Donald Leake, Stanley Mack, Robert Nadler, John Norman Jr., Ralph Pinto, Paul Spina, Pat Ronson Stewart and Murray Tinkelman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polka Dot Door Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53986482422074,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/8699\/7050\/files\/0M4A7788_square_originalbg.jpg?v=1788479528","url":"https:\/\/polkadotdoorbooks.com\/products\/the-14th-dragon","provider":"Polka Dot Door Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}