Children's Book From The Late 70's Or Early 80's

[CharlieJack]

Can anyone please help with some books from the late 70s or early 80s. I read a book about a professor, there were drawings in the book drawn in black pen and in a quite scribbly fashion.
There was also a book about a biy who went on holiday with hs mum and dad, he ventured down to the beach and saw a (friendly, but sad?) dragon in a cave. I remember the boy returning with food for the dragon,

[woofgang]

If you don't get an aswer here, you can go to the abebooks website and post on their booksleuth forum

[Ellipsis]

Professor Branestawm?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Branestawm

[whatwhat]

My kids have a book called the ladybird book of dragons.. There are 2 stories like you mention.. One called the dale dragon and one called elmer... Ring any bells??

[alidoc]

On radio 4 recently they have had readings from the just so stories, they are read by Sam West. Does anyone know if these are commercially available as we enjoyed them so much.

[woofgang]

Do you mean the kipling ones? if so then yes, in many many formats. Go and search on Amazon.