Zog (children's book)
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| Author | Julia Donaldson |
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| Illustrator | Axel Scheffler |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Published | 2010 (Alison Green) |
| Media type | Print (paperback, hardback) |
| Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9781407115597 |
| OCLC | 972513647 |
Zog (rendered on the cover and title page as ZOG) is a 2010 children's picture book by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It is about a young accident-prone dragon, named Zog, that wants to be the best student in dragon school.
Reception
Booktrust reviewing Zog, wrote "The illustrations are as vivid, imaginative and amusing as you would expect from the illustrator of The Gruffalo, with subtle details that children and adults will love. The perfectly crafted rhyming text is ideal for reading aloud. And the ambitious princess is a great touch."[1]
Zog has also been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal,[2] BookList,[3] and the School Library Journal.[3]
In 2010, the book won the Galaxy National Book Award.[4]
Publication history
- Zog (2010), Alison Green[5]
- A Gold Star for Zog (2012), Arthur A. Levine Books[6]
Television adaptation
Magic Light Pictures are currently working on a half-hour TV special, known as Zog, based on the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler picture book, scheduled to be broadcast on 25 December 2018, for BBC One, directed by Max Lang. This follows previous adaptions of her books for the channel, including The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child, Room on the Broom and Stick Man as well as The Highway Rat.
Voice Cast
- Lenny Henry as the narrator, the character who tells the story to the audience off-screen.
- Tracey Ullman as Madame Dragon, the teacher at Dragon School who is in charge of the dragons during the school days.
- Hugh Skinner as Zog, the accident-prone dragon, the main character in the book.
- Patsy Ferran as Princess Pearl, the princess who lives in a castle with her uncle.
- Kit Harington as Sir Gadabout the Great, the knight in the book.
Zog And The Flying Doctors
The sequel to Zog, titled Zog and the Flying Doctors, first published in 2017, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, will be broadcast on 24 December 2018, following the success of The Highway Rat, first published in 2016, first broadcast on BBC One at 4:45pm on 25 December 2017 and released on DVD on 5 February 2018.
Voice Cast
- Alexander Armstrong as the narrator, the character who tells the story off-screen, like a voice-over artist.
- Maria Darling as Zog, the accident-prone dragon, the main character in the book.
- Jane Horrocks as the mermaid, the character who appears at first with red skin.
- Maxine Peake as Princess Pearl, the princess who lives in a castle with her uncle.
- Rob Brydon as the lion, the animal character with a real lion's mane who first appears with a bout of "flu".
- Richard Osman as the unicorn, the character who first appears with "an extra horn".
- Hugh Jackman as the King, Princess Pearl's uncle who also lives in the castle and is eventually given some medicine.
- David Holt as Sir Gadabout the Great, the knight who can be seen in the book.
- Roger Blake and Martin Clunes as the king's men, the characters who seize Princess Pearl and lock up her inside the castle.
- Julia Sawalha as the mermaid's Sea snail friends, who eventually allow Zog and his friends to collect their slime trails.
References
- ↑ "Zog". booktrust.org.uk. Booktrust. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "In Brief: Children's Books". The Wall Street Journal. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017. (subscription required)
- 1 2 "A gold star for Zog". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "Galaxy National Book Awards". readingagency.org.uk. The Reading Agency. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "Zog". www.worldcat.org. OCLC. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "A gold star for Zog". www.worldcat.org. OCLC. Retrieved 17 December 2017.