- First published
- 1971
- Editions
- 2 editions
- Status
- In print
How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head
Separated from his troublemaking dragon family, the gentle young Droofus grows up on a farm, befriends a poor boy, and proves that a dragon can be kind, in a tale where keeping your head means more than one thing.
"Once upon a time there lived a family of dragons. They were a horrible bunch of beasts who travelled about from country to country stirring up trouble wherever they went. One day on a trip to some faraway land the dragon family flew into a dense fog, and Droofus, the youngest of the dragons, lost track of the others."
On the original family site, his son noted that since he was a child, his father loved to draw dragons, castles, and knights and their horses. A personal detail is hidden in the story: the date of the Grand Spring Festival, April 8th, is the birthday of his wife Margaret and his grandson Timothy. (Bill Peet, Jr.)
From the book
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