The Not-so-Deadly Dragon

By Sean Tulien and Pol Cunyat

Village Town is in flames—and a red dragon is to blame! The flames have been spilling down the side of Mount Mountain for days now, and Thud and Blunder are sick and tired of putting out fires. So these two nine-year-old knights take up arms and march up the mountain to slay the dreaded Deadly Dragon, Thermathraxxitalicus (or “Thermy” for short). But when they come face to face with the fiery beast...he bursts into tears! Can Thud and Blunder figure out what’s wrong with this whiney dragon before their entire town is turned to ash? Nothing is what it seems in this fantasy adventure series of early chapter books!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Aug 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781496532329

Sean Tulien

Sean Tulien is a writer and editor from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He loves writing about playful characters, underdogs, and nerd culture—and has a soft spot for animals of all kinds. When he's not writing comics for kids, Sean enjoys reading, hiking, lifting heavy things, spoiling his rescue rabbit, and beating ultra-difficult video games.

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CHAPTER 1

FIGHTING FIRE WITH SWORDS

FIRE! FIRE! cried the villagers.

Every building on the northern side of Village Town was in flames!

Some of the villagers threw water on the burning buildings. Some simply threw up. But all of them panicked.

Thankfully, two nine-year-old knights, Thud and Blunder, had heard their cries. In moments, the two heroes were throwing buckets of water onto the burning buildings.

Soon the adventurers had put out all the fires. But despite their brave efforts, several buildings had burned to the ground.

Thud wiped sweat from her forehead. How did this happen? she asked.

How did this happen, you ask? An old man limped over to them. Why, those fires were started by the breath of a great red dragon.

Blunder’s eyes twinkled. "A DRAGON?!" he cried.