BOOK NAME: THE ZOG AND ZOG AND THE FLYING DOCTORS
AUTHOR: JULIA DONALDSON
ILLUSTRATOR: AXEL SCHEFFLER
PAGES: 32
PUBLISHER: ALISON GREEN BOOKS
AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+
Zog, a different dragon is getting trained from the dragon school. The school trains dragons on different levels; the first level of training is learning to fly, the next level is to learn how to roar, the next level of training is how to breathe fire, the next training is to steal a princess from the tall tower and the final lesson was to fight a knight. Zog, a unique dragon, earns for the madam’s golden star and when he tries to practice the lessons, he fails at them miserably. But each time he fails and gets hit, he is treated by a young girl and he gets ready for the next lesson eventually. Will Zog complete all his lessons and earn the awaited golden star?
Zog and the flying doctors
Zog and the flying doctors are the sequels to the story ‘Zog’. Zog ended with Gadabout and Princess Pearl fly away on Zog to become the first of the flying doctors.
The story begins where princess Pearl is finally a doctor, Gadabout is performing surgery and Zog is flying them from patient to patient. They tend to a sunburnt mermaid, a unicorn with an extra horn, and a lion who’s got the flu. While flying, Princess Pearl discovers her uncle’s castle and visits him. The princess’ uncle, who is the king, is old-fashioned and insists that she cannot be a doctor. When she disagrees, he imprisons her, and she is forced to sit around wearing a fancy dress and tiara. Despite Zog and Gadabout’s efforts, they could not rescue the princess. Unfortunately, the king fell ill one day, and no doctors could cure him. Princess Pearl said she could help and told Gadabout and Zog to collect ingredients for her concoction. Will the king get cured and release the Princess?
Zog became a favourite in our home and I loved this story more as I Netflixed more Christmas princess stories. I reminded Nathan anyone can do anything irrespective of gender and he was so captivated by the dragon, princess and castle. A captivating story and add it to your library.
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