Zog (children's book)


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.

Reception

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."
Zog has also been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Booklist, and the School Library Journal.
In 2010, the story book won the Galaxy National Book Award.
An interactive Zog-themed woodland nature trail for children was installed at Grizedale in Cumbria in 2019.

Publication history

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.

Home media

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

Voice cast

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 in order to bring audiences Zog And The Flying Doctors for Christmas 2020. Magic Light Pictures are currently working hard on a half-hour adaptation of Zog and the Flying Doctors, due to premiere at approximately 3:30pm on Christmas Day 2020. As always, the music will be supplied by French composer and musician Rene Aubry.

Voice Cast