Meet a mouse narrator who stubbornly insists that this book contains absolutely no dragons—not even a claw nor a flame nor any large, pointy scales. Readers will know better—and enjoy being in on the joke—as a flock of dragons chase the mouse to the very end of the book within the book. Suspense builds humorously as the energetic text insists there are no dragons in this book, leading to a clever, unexpected ending. Clever artwork by Fred Koehler provides fun scenes to linger on and details to discover over multiple readings.
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Shelley Moore Thomas is the author of the Good Knight series of picture books and easy readers, including the bedtime favorite Good Night, Good Knight. In addition to writing books, she works as an elementary teacher and as a professional storyteller. Secrets of Selkie Bay is her second middle grade novel. Ms. Thomas lives in
More about Shelley Moore ThomasFred Koehler won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for his illustrations for One Day, the End . He is the author-illustrator of How to Cheer Up Dad , which received three starred reviews, and he is the illustrator of This Book Is Not about Dragons ; Puppy, Puppy, Puppy ; and Flashlight Night .
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