By Rosemary Manning (author) , Constance Marshall (illustrator) Part of the Dragon Series series
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A touching and magical adventure story, Green Smoke tells how Susan meets a very special dragon while on her summer holiday in Cornwall. R. Dragon is 1,500 years old. He’s green and scaly and has two golden-yellow horns but he’s not in the least scary. Together Susan and R. Dragon enjoy an enchanted holiday taking tea with a mermaid and indulging the dragon’s love of almond buns.
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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.
'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 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...
'A lovely book.' Amanda Craig 'A wholly engaging and beautifully realized story.' School Librarian
Rosemary Manning wrote for both adults and children. A teacher, she was for many years the headmistress of a girl’s school in North London.
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Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childA 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.'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 something quite different from anything she had ever seen before. It would be more polite to call him Someone rather than Something.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Green Smoke and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
Green Smoke features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers
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Green Smoke was written by Rosemary Manning and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Green Smoke has 229 pages
Yes it is part of Dragon Series series
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