Publisher details

Author: Bob Graham
Genres: Children’s Fiction, Fiction
Released: 22 June, 2020
ISBN: 9781406387629

Ellie’s Dragon

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Synopsis

No friendship is imaginary.When Ellie is very little, she finds a newborn dragon fresh from the egg on a supermarket shelf, and calls him Scratch. He is quite the sweetest thing she has ever seen! From that day on, Ellie and Scratch do everything together. Ellie's mum and her teacher can't see her fiery friend, but all her friends can - and, over the years, Ellie's dragon grows to be big, house-trained, and very affectionate. And Ellie is growing, too...A moving story about the wonders of imagination and the nature of growing up from one of Australia's most revered bookmakers.

About the author

Bob Graham

Bob Graham has written and illustrated many acclaimed children's picture books, including How to Heal a Broken Wing; Max, which won the 2000 Smarties Gold Medal; Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child which won the Kate Greenaway Prize in 2002 and April Underhill, Tooth Fairy which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway in 2011; A Bus Called Heaven, which is endorsed by Amnesty International UK was the winner of the 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award - a prize Bob has won an unprecedented six times. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.