01802cam a2200289 4500 423355483 TxAuBib 20200402120000.0 190630t20202018||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781499810110 1499810113 TxAuBib Shepherd, Andy. The boy who grew dragons / Andy Shepherd ; illustrated by Sara Ogilvie. First U.S. edition. New York : Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books, [2020] ©2018. 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Piccadilly Press, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd." -- Title page verso. "When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his granddad's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house - and gets the shock and delight of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragonfruit tree, and Tomas has got his very own dragon, Flicker ... Tomas soon finds out that life with Flicker is great fun, but also very ... unpredictable. Yes, dragons are wonderful, but they also set fire to your toothbrush and leave your pants hanging from the TV aerial. Tomas has to learn how to look after Flicker - and quickly. And then something extraordinary happens - more dragonfruits appear on the tree. Tomas is officially growing dragons ..."-- Publisher's description. Ages 7-12. 20200402. Dragons Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Fantasy fiction Juvenile fiction. Ogilvie, Sara, illustrator.