| Zog | |
| Author: | Julia Donaldson |
| Illustrator: | Axel Scheffler |
| Country: | England |
| Genre: | Children's picture book |
| Published: | 2010 (Alison Green) |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback, hardback) |
| Pages: | 32 (unpaginated) |
| Isbn: | 9781407115597 |
| Oclc: | 972513647 |
Zog (rendered on the cover and title page as 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.
Booktrust 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."[1]
Zog has also been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal,[2] Booklist, and the School Library Journal.[3]
In 2010, the story book won the Galaxy National Book Award.[4]
An interactive Zog-themed woodland nature trail for children was installed at Grizedale in Cumbria in 2019.[5]
Magic Light Pictures 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. It won the 2018 International Emmy for Kids Animation.[8]
Zog was released on DVD on 11 February 2019 in the United Kingdom.
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 on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's Zog And The Flying Doctors for Christmas Day 2020 at 2:35pm, with music by French composer and musician Rene Aubry. Zog and the Flying Doctors was released on DVD on 22 March 2021 in the United Kingdom.