The Reluctant Dragon: By Kenneth Grahame

Written by Kenneth Grahame

Narrated by Jim Weiss

Can a brave knight, a misunderstood dragon, and a clever boy find a way to win a fight without actually fighting? Enjoy Jim Weiss's unabridged audio performance of this beloved story from the author of The Wind in the Willows.  Everyone is in a panic--a dragon has been discovered in a cave near the town! The people call for that famous dragon-slaying knight, Saint George, to defeat the monstrous beast. But when one smart little boy actually meets the dragon, he finds a harmless, friendly creature who would much rather write poems than burn villages. Can the boy find a way to make peace before the knight and the dragon have to fight? Find out in this gentle, humorous classic from Kenneth Grahame (the author of The Wind in the Willows).  Performed unabridged by master storyteller Jim Weiss.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Well-Trained Mind Press
• Release date: Dec 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9781952469978

Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh in 1859. He was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, but family circumstances prevented him from entering Oxford University. He joined the Bank of England as a gentleman clerk in 1879, rising to become the Bank's Secretary in 1898. He wrote a series of short stories, married Elspeth Thomson in 1899 and their only child, Alistair, was born a year later. He left the Bank in 1908, the year that The Wind in the Willows was published. Though not an immediate success, by the time of Grahame's death in 1932 it was recognised as a children's classic.