I’ve had some lovely stickers made of the gorgeous front cover of The Secret Dragon and also of some of the inside illustrations. If you’d like some, please email me: estherchilton@gmail.com
Esther Moonstomp Books
Saffy's Secret Quest Series
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Saffy walked over to the bench and sank down onto the seat.
“Ow!” she cried, jumping up immediately. She had sat on something sharp. She turned round and looked down.
It was a statue of a dragon. Though it wasn’t a very pretty dragon, if dragons could ever be called pretty. Most of the dragons she had seen in books and films were ugly, fierce, fire-breathing monsters.
This one had bald patches all over its skin and scales hanging down. There were fluffy cotton wool balls where claws should have been and a silly little stump of a tail instead of a long one.
The dragon didn’t appear to have any teeth and its wings were broken. Saffy was sure it wouldn’t be very good at breathing fire, either. In fact, the dragon looked very sorry for itself indeed and not even the tiniest bit fierce.
She wondered who it belonged to. Perhaps someone hadn’t wanted it any more and had thrown it over the fence. No one would want a statue like that.
Saffy gasped. A tear was rolling down the dragon’s cheek. Something very strange was going on.
She thought about running back indoors. It was going to start raining again soon anyway. But something was forcing her forward. Unable to stop herself, her hand reached out and she clasped the statue.
A cackle filled the air, followed by a howl of anguish. Thunder clashed overhead and a flash of lightning lit the sky, sending down a shower of sparkling stars. One by one they fell on the statue.
“I’m sorry about that,” the statue said, “but I had to get you to pick me up. Well, that’s it. The last little bit of Mandoreum’s magic has gone. Did you hear Narla? That was her cackling. Awful, wasn’t it?”
It began to swell, growing bigger and bigger and bigger. Saffy dropped it and scrambled to get out the way. Too late – splash! Over she went, right into the middle of a murky, muddy puddle.
Saffy looked up at the statue – at its huge, cotton wool feet, up to its mighty scales dangling down and up into its face and row of red gums, which were looming closer and closer as the dragon bent towards her.
Suddenly, the dragon looked very fierce indeed.
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I’m very excited to show you the cover for the first book in the Saffy’s Secret Quest series. Here it is:
To pre-order in paperback:
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It’s Esther Moonstomp here and I’d like to welcome you to my new website and the Saffy’s Secret Quest series of books.
The first book in the series is called The Secret Dragon. Here’s a little bit about it:
When Saffy discovers a dragon statue at the bottom of her garden, her boring summer holiday becomes full of excitement.
The statue is a real dragon called Lily. She’s from the magical world of Mandoreum, a place that’s in danger and in need of Saffy’s help.
There are clues to solve, a wicked witch to battle and secrets to be kept at all costs. Will Saffy be able to save Mandoreum before it’s too late?
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