99 Green dragons... please reassure me that i am not going mad.....

[Raahh]

I have a list of boks i read at school, about 7/8, so we're going back nearly 30 years, and have so far found

the last of the really great wang doodles
bogwoppit
Rebeccas world (though i a can't afford to buy it, but at least i know it DID exist!)

and am struggling to find this one---

i'm sure it was called 99 green dragons , was about a brother and sister who couldn't get to sleep, so the girl counted sheep, and the boy dragons. In their dreams, they then dreamt of 2 lands (the duvet covers on their beds), separated by a ravine that tasted minty...(they split the tooth mug of water) with dragons attacking the land of sheep

I know this must have existed- my imagination isn't that great!!!

Anyone else remember it?

[Boyswillbeboys]

Sorry, haven't heard of 99 green dragons, sounds great though! I do know Rebecca's World - was the first book I managed to read in one day and I absolutely loved it. My six year old son has been reading the Billy Blue Hat / Roger Red Hat books at school and I remember them so well - they were only just published when I started reading them, can't believe that schools are still using them!

[Raahh]

i loved rebeccas world, and it was one that for years i tried to track down- finally found it and found out was by Terry Nation ( of Dr who fame), although the dates didn't seem to fit, iyswim, but memories can play tricks. I found a copy for $224 on amazon !!!!!!!!!

[Raahh]

i have just 99 greeen dragons for the zillionth time- and it bought up this post!!!!i feel like i have arrived ....

[Raahh]

i have just GOOGLED ...

[Inquisitive]

Yes - I remember that book! I've never come across anyone else who remembers it! One of the two lands had red flowers and the other had blue because the kids duvet covers had those colours on, and one of the lands had a mountain and a cave because one of the kids slept on their back with their knees up. I'd forgotten about there being dragons...

Abebooks have a booksleuth forum, and the people on there are usually pretty good at tracking down lost books - might be worth trying?

[Raahh]

ooh thank you- i for got about the cave! hank goodness i'm not the only one! I'm sure it was on jackanory. I bought it from school when we used to have a 'puffin club' magazine.
I will try booksleuth- thanks!

[patriciawentworthheroine]

i love 99 dragons and have a paperback copy i found in a charity shop. i think it was written by barbara sleigh who wqrote the fabulous carbonel series. sorry i am typing with one hand with screaming baby on other arm!

[CatCalder]

Not going mad - my grandmother was Barbara Sleigh and she wrote 99 Dragons

[Raahh]

Cat that is amazing. it was a great book.

This is a zombie thead, obviously- because I started it in 2008 . when it appeared on my 'threads' I was amazed there would be another thread about it
And I managed to buy a copy not long after.

[CatChant]

@CatCalder

Not going mad - my grandmother was Barbara Sleigh and she wrote 99 Dragons

Just spotted this thread title and was coming on to say Barbara Sleigh and saw that you are her grandchild @CatCalder !

How wonderful. I adored the Carbonel series, as did DD when I passed my copies on to her, and I spent years eyeing up the red and green carboys in pharmacy windows. Anyone who’s read the books will know why.

DD even named a black cat Carbonel.

Such lovely, imaginative books. Your grandmother gave a lot of children a lot of pleasure, and still does.