Green Smoke

byRosemary Manning, Constance Marshall (Illustrator)

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Rediscover this magical story of a little girl and the dragon she finds in a cave in Cornwall, in this classic new edition.

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...

About the series

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

About Rosemary Manning

Rosemary Manning was born in Dorset in 1911. She had a varied career as a teacher and lecturer but her main profession was a writer. She wrote several children's books as well as novels for adults. She lived for many years in the west country, where she set many of her stories including Green Smoke. She died in 1988.
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