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A magical story about a little girl and a dragon who dream up a plan to share their love of books and storiesFranklin 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.
About the Author
Jen Campbell grew up in the north east of England and now lives in London. She an award-winning poet and bestselling author of ten books across nonfiction, fiction and poetry. Her latest book, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers, is forthcoming autumn 2021.Her short story collection The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night is published by Two Roads, and her children's picture books, Franklin's Flying Bookshop, Franklin and Luna Go to the Moon and Franklin and Luna and the Book of Fairy Tales are published by Thames & Hudson.She is also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series and The Bookshop Book. Her poetry pamphlet The Hungry Ghost Festival is published by The Rialto, and her poetry collection The Girl Aquarium is published by Bloodaxe.Jen has worked in the book trade for fifteen years and runs a Youtube channel over at youtube.com/jenvcampbell. She also reviews books in print, online, and on the radio, gives talks about the history of fairy tales and the representation of disfigurement and disability, and runs writing workshops. She is represented by Charlie Campbell at CCA.
