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Green Smoke

By Rosemary Manning
Series: A Puffin Book
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A magical, charming, classic story of a little girl, a secret dragon, and the myths and legends of Cornwall, reissued in A Puffin Book for a new generation of readers to discover. Rediscover this magical story of a little girl and the dragon she finds in... Read More
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A magical, charming, classic story of a little girl, a secret dragon, and the myths and legends of Cornwall, reissued in A Puffin Book for a new generation of readers to discover.

Rediscover this magical story of a little girl and the dragon she finds in a cave in Cornwall, in this classic new edition.

She heard a noise very like a loud sneeze, and a little puff of green smoke came out of the cave and floated away into the air.

On holiday in Cornwall, while exploring along the coastline, Susan discovers something quite different from anything she had ever seen before. It would be more polite to call him Someone rather than Something. Out of a cave comes a green scaly dragon, with yellow horns and a charming smile...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241761632

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin Classics

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Constance Marshall

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 186g

Pages: 240

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Classic Fiction Penguin Books Rosemary Manning Series: A Puffin Book Young Adult

About the Author

Rosemary Manning (Author) Rosemary Manning was born in Dorset in 1911. She had a varied career as a teacher and lecturer but her main profession was a writer. She wrote several children's books as well as novels for adults. She lived for many years in the west country, where she set many of her stories including Green Smoke. She died in 1988.

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