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Last modified on Thu 18 Feb 2021 04.09 EST Winning tip: Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris My six-year-old daughter Daphne and I love to say au revoir to our four walls and escape to Paris with Ruby the hare in Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris by Kate Knapp. Along with her grandmother Babushka, Ruby samples all the delights of Paris – the Eiffel Tower, Café de Flore, markets, fountains and florists. We dream of the day when we can lie in a Parisian park eating “buttered baguettes and huge peaches” so delicious they make Ruby light-headed. Heaven! Sarah Hamilton, Norwich The Grand Canal, Venice. ...

★★★★☆After the miserable flop Inkheart, and a series of low-impact German-language films, the children’s author Cornelia Funke finally gets the adaptation she deserves with this animated crowd-pleaser

At first, Ben is shocked to see a dragon in the flesh. According to the movie's prologue, the misunderstood creatures have been in hiding for centuries after falling foul of the warlike humans. But then Ben overhears Firedrake chatting to his sidekick Sorrell (Felicity Jones), a 'brownie' (a pixie, not a girl cub scout) with a deep distrust of humankind. When they mention their quest to find a mythical dragon paradise filled with silver, Ben claims to be the fabled dragon rider who can guide them to its gates. Ben leads Firedrake on an adventure through the clouds (Image: Sky UK Limited)

Last modified on Wed 10 Feb 2021 10.47 EST Not to be mistaken for the Dreamworks film How to Train Your Dragon franchise, here is a reasonably entertaining German family animation based on the 1997 bestseller by children’s author Cornelia Funke. It’s a great-looking film, energetically voiced in English by an A-team of British actors, but seriously let down by unexciting storytelling. Little children, though, may connect to the environmental message. Once upon a time, dragons and humans coexisted in harmony until humans hunted dragons close to extinction. Now the dragons live hidden...

A FUN-FILLED family adventure film is coming to our screens next month – and it's written by a Newport man. Dragon Rider follows the epic journey of Firedrake and his companions, as they travel across the world in search of a legendary refuge in which all dragons can live safely and peacefully. With a stellar voice cast including Sir Patrick Stewart and Rogue One's Felicity Jones, Dragon Rider premieres in the UK on Sky Cinema on February 12. Writer Johnny Smith is the man behind the screenplay, following on from his success with previous animated films like Gnomeo and Juliet and ...