George is fed up with his hamster and sets off to the jungle to find himself a more interesting pet. But, before he gets very far, he meets a beautiful dragonfly, who shows him that the creatures in his own back garden are much more fun than he could have imagined!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by ReadZone Books Limited .

Chris Powling has been a teacher, a headmaster, an editor, a critic and a broadcaster. He is adult-books editor for Classic FM where he presents a monthly review on the programme Classic Newsnight. He's the author of more than sixty books, both fiction and non-fiction, mainly for the 3-12 age range. His best-known titles include The Mustang Machine and The Phantom Carwash (Barn Owl Books) and The Conker as Hard as a Diamond (Happy Cat Books). He lives in South London. Sue Mason received a design and illustration degree from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in 1995. She moved to London and worked as a children's books designer at Walker Books. In 2001 she started illustrating, and has been published by Barrington Stoke, Orchard Books and Walker Books. She lives and works in London. Andy Blackford is an ex-advertising executive with a vivid imagination. He has recently had several of his picture books published, before contributing to Leapfrog. Deborah Nash is a freelance journalist and storyteller. She is the author of numerous children's plays, several of which have been produced professionally, and has also written drama scripts for BBC Worldwide and Radio. This is her first story for this age range.