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There Is No Dragon In This Story
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Poor old dragon. Nobody wants him in their story. Not Goldilocks, not Hansel and Gretel - NO ONE. But Dragon will not give up! He shall continue on his course of finding SOMEONE who wants him in their story. ANYONE. His boundless enthusiasm surely won't get him in to any trouble. Surely...
A glorious story about dragons, heroes and ice-cream with sprinkles. From author Lou Carter, a phenomenal new talent, and Deborah Allwright, the illustrator of the bestselling The Night Pirates
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781408864906
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 July 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Deborah Allwright
- Illustrated by Deborah Allwright
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 244.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 213g
Pages: 32
About the Author
LOU CARTER studied medicine for three years then took a PGCE in primary education. Her work as a school teacher sparked her love of children’s picture books and There Are No Dragons in this Story is her first (of three) picture book with Bloomsbury. Lou lives in Cambridge with her husband and two children.
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