Dragon Loves Penguin by Debi Gliori is published in hardback by Bloomsbury Children's Books, priced £10.99. Available October 10.
Award-winning Debi Gliori returns with yet a beautifully illustrated tale of love, loss and bravery, with Dragon Loves Penguin.
Young penguin Bib asks his mum to read his favourite bedtime story, and so she begins to tell the tale of the dragons who settled in the land where the penguins now live.
As the dragons started to produce eggs, one dragon found herself egg-less, until she found a lone egg which she decided to look after. But this, it turns out, was not a dinosaur egg, it was a penguin egg.
The dragon did not mind and gave her little penguin all the love and attention it could ask for. Little penguin was different to the other dragons, but in the end, this turns out to be a good thing.
As Bib's bedtime story draws to a close, we realise that this tale is close to home.
This is a moving tale of adoption and a touching bedtime read for any little one who feels out of place.
9/10
(Review by Sophie Herdman)
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