Sara Ogilvie's illustrations capture both enchantment and stench. everything you want in a book for a newly independent reader - tender realism, honouring children's inner feelings and anarchic magic, both beautiful and regrettable. lovely, expressive, characterful ― Sunday Times Irresistible. The first book in a sparky and utterly enchanting new series.Ī warm-hearted debut. ![]() And then something extraordinary happens - more dragonfruits appear on the tree. Tomas has to learn how to look after Flicker - and quickly. ![]() Yes, dragons are wonderful, but they also set fire to your toothbruth and leave your pants hanging from the TV aerial. Tomas soon finds out that life with Flicker is great fun, but also very. 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. lovely, expressive, characterful' SUNDAY TIMES When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad's garden, he doesn't think much of it. a modern classic' GUARDIAN 'A warm-hearted debut. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2019 'Irresistible.
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