But after he leaves Mr. Elive's magic shop with a strange marbled egg, it soon becomes clear that this is one pet he wasn't prepared for.

Kirkus Reviews wrote that it was "a funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth."

According to Christopher Paolini, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher served as inspiration for his book Eragon.

"Always grab the reader by the throat in the first line," says Bruce Coville, author of "Jeremy Thatcher: Dragon Hatcher," winner of the 1994 Utah Children's Book Award.

In 1992 Mythopoeic Award Nominated Coville's Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher for Best Children's Fantasy Literature.