Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

By: Bruce Coville

Narrated by: Bruce Coville

If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop.

And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you buy? The Chinese rings? The Skull of Truth? Or the dragon's egg?

And if you did buy the dragon's egg, what would you do when you found out you were supposed to hatch it?

©2007 Bruce Coville (P)2007 Listening Library

love this book as a kid

Hearing this book read by the cast makes it come to life almost as good as it did when my 11 year old self read it!!!

the voices of the character

I love how the book characters had the perfect voice and told the story phenomenal overall

make magic come true

wonderfully. touching with a lot of feelings.
I strongly recommend. I wish there were more
Thanks Robbie

Awesome!!

I love the read aloud. The voice makes me feel like I’m watching a movie. I just wish I could read along with the author. I think that could be something that Audible could add.

Amazing read. I miss books with this format.

It transported me back to my 4th grade classroom. For one brief moment, I felt like a child again and had recaptured my happiness.

My kid and husband love it.

My husband read this book when he was little and now our daughter listens at night. They both love it

Why is Jeremy so quiet?

The story is great. Kid gets a dragon egg, hatches it, and then has to raise it while trying to have a normal 6th grader life.
The narration is also mostly good... except for the main protagonist. The volume for Jeremy is about half that of the other parts. I had to crank up my volume so the narrator was too loud just so I didn't miss Jeremy's parts.

Still A Delight After Decades

The first time I listened to this story, it was on an audio cassette. I played it until the tape deck ate and mangled the tape for the last time.
Rediscovering it as an adult, I find that it's just as bittersweet, just as good, and just as right a fit for Halloween.

Never stop loving this story.

The narrator is very generic although comforting and easy to understand his voice lacked character. The only saving grace to his performance is nailing the punctuation. He's monotone but then I imagine the voice in Jeremy's head was also low on self-esteem.
Absolutely worth the listen and a timeless story to boot.

Great Story

When I was in 5th grade my teachers had me in a class learning 2nd grade reading. They told me that I was unable to read this book with the rest of the class. I proved them wrong and read it in one night. I loved this book and willingly wrote a book report to prove the teachers wrong.

This story will forever be my favorite. At 23 years old now I listened to it and still really enjoyed it. I will be reading this to my children one day.