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First US edition of this unusual children's story from the author of HORATIO HORNBLOWER, with charming illustrations by Newbery-winning artist Robert Lawson. The dust jacket of POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS recounts how this story came about thanks to one of Forester's two young sons becoming "homesick for his mother," which Forester soothed with a fantastic tale of a boy and his ever-expanding number of dragon friends. This is a particularly attractive copy. 8.25'' x 6.25''. Original green pictorial cloth binding. Original unclipped ($1.75) color pictorial dust jacket. Green pictorial endpapers of dragons galloping after a car, from which Poo-Poo waves at them. Illustrated in black and white. 144 pages. Jacket with some toning, a bit more pronounced on spine; light edgewear. Binding with a touch of bumping to spine ends, a bit of shelfwear. Sharp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket.

In 'Poo-Poo and the Dragons,' C.S. Forester deviates from his usual genre of naval and military fiction to craft a charming story for children. The book tells of a father who, in trying to entertain his sick son, spins a fantastical tale of Poo-Poo and his adventures with dragons.