A review by choosejoytoday
King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bently

4.0

Jack and his friends build a fort and pretend play the afternoon away fighting dragons and monsters. When Jack decides to stay out late after his friends have gone home, he starts to wonder if dragons are real after all, but the shadowy creature he sees turns out to be mom and dad to take him home for the night. This one reminded me a little of Where the Wild Things Are. I love Helen Oxenbury's illustrations in this one; they really add to the story, similar to Sendak's illustration in Wild Things.