Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock

By Vikram Madan

Discover a world of whimsical poems and quirky characters with unexpected twists.

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128 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Dive into a vibrant poetry collection where a brave girl creates ghost guppies, a slouching expert shares his secrets, and a super-vacuum nose called the Nozzlewock awaits. Meet oozing dinosaurs and a suspicious dragon as you explore a world filled with humor and surprises. Each poem is a delightful adventure, woven together with recurring characters and subplots that promise endless merriment. Perfect for fans of playful verse, this graphic novel format invites readers to return again and again to uncover new layers of fun and imagination.

From the publisher

A Boston Globe Best Book of the YearKirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearFinalist, 2025 Washington State Book Award for Books for Young ReadersEvanston Public Library 101 Great Books for KidsA 2025 White Raven Selection, International Youth Library Foundation★ Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ The Horn Book, starred review Perfect for fans of Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein, award-winning author Vikram Madan’s new poetry collection features delicious vocabulary, hilarious poems, and a full-color graphic novel format! Vikram Madan packs this whimsical poetry collection with surprise twist after surprise twist and a host of unusual characters. In these pages, you’ll meet ghost guppies (and the brave girl who creates them), Stan the Slouching Man(TM) who’ll teach you blackbelt slouching, oozing dinosaurs called squishosaurs, a suspicious dragon, and the Nozzlewock (a nose with super-vacuum strength), among many other memorable heroes. Recurring characters and subplots in the art weave the poems together, adding to the merriment. This quirky collection in full-color graphic novel format begs to be read over and over again.

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