Franklin the dragon loves stories and likes to read them out loud for everyone to hear. If only the village folk weren’t so terrified of him…
Franklin’s Flying Bookshop
Written by Jen Campbell
Illustrated by Katie Harnett
Publisher’s Synopsis: A magical story about a little girl and a dragon who dream up a plan to share their love of books and stories.
Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves reading stories to people too, but everyone is too scared to even talk to him. One day, he meets a girl named Luna who, rather than being afraid, is fascinated to meet Franklin, having recently read all about dragons in one of her books. They instantly become friends and talk nonstop about what they’ve read: books about roller-skating, King Arthur, spiders, and how to do kung fu. Together they hatch a plan to share their love of books with others by opening a bookshop―a flying bookshop, that is―right on Franklin’s back!
Franklin, a well-read and peace-loving dragon, and Luna, a young girl with an independent spirit and an insatiable love of reading, make fantastic role models for young children. Franklin’s Flying Bookshop brings the magic of classic fairy tales into the twenty-first century through exquisite illustrations, and will enchant children as well as anyone who loves books.
Illustrated in color throughout.
Ages 4-8 | Publisher: Thames & Hudson | 2017 | ISBN-13: 978-0500651094
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About the Author
Jen Campbell is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores and The Bookshop Book. She is an award-winning poet and short-story writer and runs a popular YouTube channel where she discusses all things books. She won an Eric Gregory Award (for a collection by poets under the age of 30) in 2016.
About the Illustrator
Katie Harnett is an award-winning British illustrator with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She was the winner of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair ARS IN FABULA Award 2015, and is the author and illustrator of two other books for children, Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat and Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud.
6 Comments
An adorable read. I know all my grandkids are into Dragons.
Thanks for the post.
This is such a lovely cover.
It reminds me of the song Puff the Magic Dragon.
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Thank you so much Bianca I just saw my name. Congrats to the other 4 winners.
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