It’s been a while but I got another book from Kickstarter! Illustrated by Rowyn Ellis, Here Be Dragons is a beautiful book that collates various dragon stories and carvings from across England.

Here Be Dragons opens with a substantial introduction to dragons, where they are found, and what they could possibly be. The introduction is wide-ranging and goes beyond England to talk about dragons in other parts of the world. The second, main part of the book contains a list of dragon stories and carvings organised by area. Some of the entries are a sentence, others are more substantial and relate myths and legends. I appreciated the fact that apart from the original illustrations by Rowyn Ellis, there were also many photos of the entries scattered throughout the book – I never would have guessed that some of the carvings were meant to depict dragons!

Here are some images of this gorgeous book:

If you remember the Penguin Book of Dragons, this would be a great follow-up to it as it contains a lot more information about dragons in England. Another good companion book to this would be Hollow Places, which delves deeply into one of the entries in the book.

Honestly, I’m really happy with this! It’s a beautiful and surprisingly substantial book that I’m definitely going to enjoy going back to again and again.