Imagine if you could grow dragons ... in your very own garden!

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2019LONGLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2019'Irresistible ... a modern classic' GUARDIAN'A warm-hearted debut ... lovely, expressive, characterful' SUNDAY TIMESWhen Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house - and gets the shock and delight of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragonfruit tree, and Tomas has got his very own dragon, Flicker ...Tomas soon finds out that life with Flicker is great fun, but also very ... unpredictable. Yes, dragons are wonderful, but they also set fire to your toothbruth and leave your pants hanging from the TV aerial. Tomas has to learn how to look after Flicker - and quickly. And then something extraordinary happens - more dragonfruits appear on the tree. Tomas is officially growing dragons ...The first book in a sparky and utterly enchanting new series.

A proper children's book... the humour and Sara Ogilvie's illustrations are just right

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Imagine if you could grow dragons ... in your very own garden!

Autorentext

Andy Shepherd (Author)
Andy Shepherd is the author of the bestselling THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS series. She lives near Cambridge with her husband and two sons.

Sara Ogilvie (Illustrator)
Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator. She was born in Edinburgh in 1971 and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. Sara's many picture books include THE DETECTIVE DOG by Julia Donaldson, THE WORST PRINCESS by Anna Kemp, and IZZY GIZMO by Pip Jones. Her middle grade fiction includes Phil Earle's DEMOLITION DAD (and others in the Storey Street series).
www.saraogilvie.com

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The first book in a wonderfully funny and sparky series illustrated by award-winning artist Sara Ogilvie

When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandpa's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house - and gets the shock and delight of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragonfruit tree, and Tomas has got his very own dragon, Flicker ...

Tomas soon finds out that life with Flicker is great fun, but also very ... unpredictable. Yes, dragons are fiery, fantastical and dazzling, but they also set fire to your toothbruth, singe your porridge, and leave your pants hanging from the TV aerial. Tomas has to learn how to look after Flicker - and quickly. And then something extraordinary happens - more dragonfruits appear on the tree. Tomas is officially growing dragons ...

Zusammenfassung
DON'T MISS ANDY SHEPHERD'S ENCHANTING NEW SERIES THE WOOD WHERE MAGIC GROWS - OUT NOW!The first book in the bestselling THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS series, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019 'Irresistible ...