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Rosemary Sutcliff - The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup (1993)
This was one of the last stories Sutcliff wrote before her death, and it was the last published.
As with *Chess Dream in a Garden*, it moves away from historical fiction into fantasy. This is a story about a minstrel who finds and rears a baby dragon. They are separated, and then reunited. It is very gentle – with some digs at knights on white horses who feel compelled to pick fights with dragons.
The illustrations are watercolours, which suits the softness of the story.
As with *Chess Dream in a Garden*, it moves away from historical fiction into fantasy. This is a story about a minstrel who finds and rears a baby dragon. They are separated, and then reunited. It is very gentle – with some digs at knights on white horses who feel compelled to pick fights with dragons.
The illustrations are watercolours, which suits the softness of the story.