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Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Stories

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Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett

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By Terry Pratchett

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Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It’s a disaster!

Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers.

But there’s a teeny weeny surprise in store . . .

Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, full of time travel and tortoises, monsters and mayhem!

‘So funny I dropped my spoon laughing!’ – King Arthur

Reviews

24 Jul 2024

This was my first Terry Pratchett book. So funny and I now want to read more!

23 Jul 2024

funny and fun to read

11 Jul 2024

The book made me intrigued and imaginative. I like Mr Christmas because when Mr Christmas went to work in the garden he wrote "Merry Christmas"out of flowers and even though the gardener was impressed Mr Christmas did not get the job. Yes I would recommend this book because they would enjoy it too.

27 Dec 2023

I believe in dragons and I love Terry Pratchett’s work.

08 Sep 2023

I liked the story was made and illustrated. It had very funny name such as Fortnight, Ralph and FossFiddle. Some parts made me laugh so hard. I can’t wait to read other stories.
Yes I’d recommend it.

04 Sep 2023

My thought is that this book is about dragons at a castle.It was interesting to read the book.It was fiction my favourite character was Ralph thoughtful mind.It was not factual.It interested me because it was really funny and yes I would recommend it to someone because it is really funny and interesting.

13 Aug 2023

Brilliant.

24 Jul 2023

I found this book a bit difficult to understand. There are some pictures in it but I am not very keen on them. I would not recommend this book.

16 Feb 2023

A bit like the Santa histories, just changed the sex of the characters the boy was a girl and the girl was a boy

02 Sep 2022

This book was ok. I like some of the stories more than others. I would recommend this book to read before bed as there are lots of short stories so you could read one each night.

29 Aug 2022

I liked this book because it was so full of humour

26 Aug 2022

I like this book because there are 14 different stories.

25 Aug 2022

My favorite character was Santa Claus because when he got a job at the zoo my favorite job was when he did the garden ring because he wrote merry Christmas

25 Aug 2022

It’s not a favourite read but it’s good.

25 Aug 2022

Didn't realise it was short stories. Some I enjoyed and some I didn't enjoy.

09 Aug 2022

I liked all of the stories they were interesting.

04 Aug 2022

Some of the stories were quite lengthy and after a while I got quite bored of them. Some of the others were really good. My favourite was When Father Christmas goes to the zoo.
I would recommend this to people who are good readers.

28 Jul 2022

This book is a collection of short stories written by Terry Pratchett in his earlier writing days. Although the stories lack the detail and depth of his later novels, they are a fascinating insight into the developing mind of my favourite author. You can clearly see the wit, humour and inspirational characters that he writes so well. I particularly enjoyed reading the Carpet People short stories; I will definitely be reading the Carpet People novel again soon. This is a great set of stories to read aloud to children to introduce them to a great author, inspire them to write and show them you really can turn any idea into a great story.

11 Jul 2022

It's so bad don't recommend

28 Jun 2022

so funny i dropped my spoon while laughing!

04 Jan 2022

I like this book because it has lots of short and funny stories. My favorite story was “The great Speck”.

21 Sep 2021

A few of the stories were a bit confusing but I liked the one about the carpets.

06 Sep 2021

This is a book of funny, adventurous short stories. My favourite stories were The Speck, The Carpet People and Dragons at Crumbling Castle. I highly recommend it for people who like books full of laughs.

01 Sep 2021

Really enjoyed the stories and funny characters

22 Aug 2021

This book was funny

21 Aug 2021

It lost interest a lot but my favourite was The Santa Story.

10 Aug 2021

A story for everyone in this selection of short stories. Dragons, aliens, cavemen and many more, all brought to life by Terry Pratchett with quips of humour. The stories are not too long so children can dip in and out as they like:

19 Feb 2021

I thought it was an amazing book but it had a few down parts like in some parts there were a lot of mistypes but I would recommend the book to someone ells

04 Jan 2021

This was a funny collection of stories; I particularly enjoyed the second story ‘Great Speck’ where tiny people live on a grain of dust, with 2 countries- Posra and Grabist. The King of Posra and the Duke of Grabist declared war on each other.

12 Dec 2020

It’s got lots of different story in it but it is really funny

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