Zog (children's book)

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Zog
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Author Julia Donaldson
Audio read by Imelda Staunton
Illustrator Axel Scheffler
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2010 (Alison Green)
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (paperback, hardback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN 9781407115597
OCLC 972513647

Zog is a 2010 children's picture book by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, about a young accident-prone dragon, named Zog, who wants to be the best student in dragon school.

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Reception

Booktrust reviewing Zog, wrote "The illustrations are as vivid, imaginative and amusing as you would expect from the illustrator of The Gruffalo, with subtle details that children and adults will love. The perfectly crafted rhyming text is ideal for reading aloud. And the ambitious princess is a great touch." [1]

Zog has also been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal , [2] Booklist , [3] and the School Library Journal. [3]

In 2010, the story book won the Galaxy National Book Award. [4]

An interactive Zog-themed woodland nature trail for children was installed at Grizedale in Cumbria in 2019. [5]

Publication history

Television adaptation

Magic Light Pictures produced a half-hour television adaptation, also known as Zog. Directed by Max Lang, it was broadcast on Christmas Day 2018 at 4:50 PM on BBC One. Magic Light previously adapted five other Donaldson/Scheffler books for the BBC, including The Gruffalo , The Gruffalo's Child , Room on the Broom , Stick Man and The Highway Rat. It won the 2018 International Emmy for Kids Animation. [8]

Home media

Zog was released on DVD on 11 February 2019 in the United Kingdom.

Voice cast

Zog and the Flying Doctors

The sequel, titled Zog and the Flying Doctors was published by Alison Green Books on 7 September 2016. On 12 November 2019, it was announced that Magic Light Pictures and BBC One would team up once again on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's Zog And The Flying Doctors for Christmas Day 2020 at 2:35pm, with music by French composer and musician Rene Aubry. Zog and the Flying Doctors was released on DVD on 22 March 2021 in the United Kingdom.

Voice cast

Upcoming TV Series=

On February 10, 2025, it was announced a Zog television series is currently in production. [9]

References

  1. "Zog". booktrust.org.uk. Booktrust. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. "In Brief: Children's Books". The Wall Street Journal. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.(subscription required)
  3. 1 2 "A gold star for Zog". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. "Galaxy National Book Awards". readingagency.org.uk. The Reading Agency. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. Join Zog on his magical forest adventure at Grizedale and Whinlatter Forests, Cumbria Crack, 13 February 2019
  6. Zog. OCLC. OCLC   972513647 . Retrieved 17 December 2017 via worldcat.org.
  7. A gold star for Zog. OCLC. OCLC   980603149 . Retrieved 17 December 2017 via worldcat.org.
  8. "Magic Light Pictures' 'Zog' Wins International Emmy for Kids Animation". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. "'Zog' Animated Series Takes Wing with BBC Studios Global Distribution". 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.