George R.R. Martin to re-release The Ice Dragon, his Game Of Thrones children’s book

In news that may surprise readers who know George R.R. Martin mainly as a guy who creates, develops, then murders beloved characters, the author once wrote a book for children. Called The Ice Dragon, it’s set in the same world as his ongoing A Song Of Ice And Fire series. It was first published in 1980—years before Martin’s A Game Of Thrones hit the shelves—and tells the story of Adara, a child born during a long winter who loves the cold and is fascinated by the ice dragon, a creature everyone else in her village fears. Careful readers may note that the ice dragon has been mentioned in Martin’s A Dance With Dragons, as a tale Old Nan used to tell a young Jon Snow.