Erin the Literary Cat

Written by Tracy Curran

A pale blue fading to white cover, with orange, yellow and red flames at the edges. In the middle stands a unicorn in a fire responders blue and yellow outfit & a breathing mask. She wears a yellow hard hat with a red badge. On that is a yellow letter B. Two small dragons, one purple the other green. Above is series title on a yellow shield edged in orange. Underneath at bottom of cover is the book title: Dragon Inferno. Authors name is at the top. Artists name in bottom right.

An Adventure Book Review by Erin the Literary Cat©, International Book Reviewer.

Hello, and welcome to my latest Book Review featuring this week a Adventure in Middle Grade Fiction. Plus there is my Super Sunday Selfie!

Without further ado, and with my trusty housekeeper, Mrs H, dampening down the fires caused by over doing the sherry on the sponge pudding, lets get on with another amazing and heroic tale . . . .

AUTHOR: Tracy Curran

Illustrations by: Steve Wood

Published by: UCLan Publishing

Publication date Paperback: 6 February 2025

Paperback 13 digit ISBN: 9 781 916 747 425

UK Cover price for Paperback: £7.99

Amazon KINDLE price: N/A

Pages: 106

Age range: KS1 5 - 8

Any dogs or cats? No, but talking vehicles, dragons and witches.

SPOILER ALERT

Some as to plot direction and characters.

Thank you to...

We are exceedingly grateful to Graeme from Graeme Williams Marketing and UCLan Publishers for offering us a chance to Read & Review this story.

As ever, our views are our own, and we only share reviews of books we have bought, received as gifts, or received in exchange for an impartial review.

First and foremost, the books we review are those we select to read, like, and feel our global readers deserve to know about and that we hope they, their family, friends and students will enjoy.

The plot

When Flare and Glimmer, two young and naughty dragons collide after some aeriel hi-jinks, they accidentally set fire to The Witchy Wood. It then falls to firefighting unicorn, Blaze, and her smart and cheeky fire engine called Quench, race to the scene and save the witches and creatures that live there.

As they struggle to get everyone including some witches to safety, and stop the flames from spreading across a river, a well meaning but haphazard witch called Jinx (the name says it all) thinks she can help.

As all in the magical Sunshine Realm have come to expect and fear, Jinx’s spell goes unbelievably wrong and makes things twice as bad, fans the flames of destruction and endangers more lives. As the flames spread, they are driven to Jinx's own treehouse, and her grandma's collection of extremely potent and thus highly dangerous potions that could destroy the kingdom!

Can Blaze and Quench save the day, Witchy Wood and the kingdom? Will Jjinx make matters worse? All will be revealed in this amazing adventure . . .

So, what did we think?

What a marvellous way to introduce action, adventure and peril into a youngsters reading world. Plus, with careful cleverly placed advice as to what to do in case of a fire emergency, this book is sure to enthral and educate.

We loved the full colour, inside and out. The artwork is exciting bright, bold and up to date for what kids get to see on TV and elsewhere. A lovely additional touch is the added extras at the end of the book. We found a quiz and information of what is inside a fire engine.

The book is also diverse. The cast of characters isn't just unicorns, but includes a narwhal because it has a horn too, and an honorary unicorn in the shape of a zebra who as the paramedic is loved by all. We thought that was a lovely touch. The vehicles all seem to have characters of their own, too.

So . . . .

Crunch time.

Brilliantly written and illustrated adventure that will be fun for readers venturing into chapter books. It is the perfect length and nice to handle with thicker pages and smaller size. The perfect read for parents and family to share at bedtime or journeys.

With a series of books in the offing, this will be a lovely set for a young reader to collect.

Want to buy a copy?

To get a copy, dodging mischievous dragons and wayward spells from haphazard well-meaning witches, visit your local bookshop. Or order online.

Tracy Curran's agents page can be found HERE or type https://www.alicewilliamsliterary.co.uk/tracy-

curranthis: https://www.alicewilliamsliterary.co.uk/tracy-curranSteve Wood's web page can be found HERE or type this: https://www.stevenwoodillustration.com/

UCLan Publishing's web page web page can be found HERE or type this: https://uclanpublishing.com/

I hope you enjoyed that adventure.

Time for another snoozy selfie!

We are joining the Sunday Selfies, hosted by the wonderful Kitties Blue and their mum, Janet Blue, from the Cat on My Head blog in America. Click this sentence to visit Janet Blue's site.