We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Review

An exciting tale of a boy & girl outwitting the ‘ferocious, man-eating dragon’, Flamethrottle. Max is able to put his inventive plans into action by teaming up with Lizzie from the armourer’s workshop to create a formidable adversary. With two dragon obsessed children this book was an instant hit & they were both captivated by the tale.

It was good to have a story featuring a boy & girl working together – a positive role model for my two. The highlights of the book, however, were the illustrations brimming with humour, including dragon graffiti. The slow reveal of the titular clockwork dragon added great excitement to the story and like everyone else in the town, we too wanted a little clockwork dragon of our own.