Grandpa Henry, the Explorer: Darko, the Magnificent Dragon with the Greenish Yellow Wings: Grandpa Henry, the Explorer., #2

By Charis Lianos

The exciting magical journey of little Henry continues and he is feeling very proud and delighted. He had made a new special friend and helped her to fulfill her own magic purpose in life. His new friend is Amaryllis, the flower he met in the light blue cave.

Nothing was the same for little Henry after this new friendship. He had now learned a great lesson that would accompany him to his old age.

After his first exploration, he discovered that it is not only humans that have the right to life, but all the beings of nature...

The next morning, Henry got up quickly from his big wooden bed that was embraced by a wide quilt of green, red, and yellow vertical and horizontal stripes. At the top of the quilt there was a captivating dragon painted. It had two large and expressive pitch-black eyes with two greenish-yellow wings that looked really enormous.

In a magical moment, the dragon woke up from his deep sleep, and immediately, he found himself in front of little Henry who was staring at him with his eyes wide open...

Travel along with Grandpa Henry the explorer to another yet captivating magical journey to unexplored places and discover a new special friendship.

Live the events just like his greenish eyes have seen them.

Don't forget that Henry's big and expressive greenish eyes have seen a lot...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charis Lianos
• Release date: Jul 30, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386499893

Charis Lianos

Charis Lianos has been writing children's and adolescent literature for over seven years. From an early age, he had always had a very strong feeling for creative writing, and so far, he has published three books in Greek. Novels, fairytales, lyrics and poems are his passion. He was born and raised in Kalamata, a municipality in Messinia, Greece, where he lives invariably. He graduated from the Department of Information Technology and Computer Networks at Technical High School of Kalamata with specialization in Computer Systems and Applications Support and from Vocational Training Institute of Kalamata as Specialist in Multimedia Information Technology. He loves learning new things and communicating in different ways. In May 2015, “Stachtompouta and Spirtoulis, Love just like old times” his first book of children's and adolescent literature was published. This is a story that mentions real events. Events that, with the help of our four-legged friends, with the so much unconditional love they offer, unraveled this beautiful story. In less than a year, in December 2016, "Eros, the son of the storm," his second book of modern fantasy literature was published. This is a fantasy book and takes us on a trip to the world of emotions and shares with us, family and non-family moments. Feelings, moments and desires of people have a dominant role in this book. His third book of children's and adolescent literature “Stachtompouta and Spirtoulis, Like good old times…” was published in December 2017. The story continues in this book and new characters make their appearance. This book unravels the deep connection between a dog and his owner. All three Charis Lianos’ books have been published by Universe Pathways Editions and are available on all up-to-date bookstores in Greece and Cyprus. In May 2018, he published in both Greek and English the first book of his new illustrated series with general title "Grandpa Henry, the Explorer". In his spare time, he enjoys working out at the gym, cooking, reading books and exploring the world.

Book preview

Darko, the Magnificent Dragon with the Greenish-Yellow Wings.

At a small verdant meadow filled with a variety of different kinds of flowers such as daisies, lilies, cyclamen, mallows and tulips, is the home of Little Andrea. The house is built on a small foothill, and in its yard, there are several fruitful shrubs. Aronia, blueberries are some of the fruitful shrubs in the yard of his home. Little Andrea's dad, Mr. Isidoros, who loves gardening, has planted them.

Mr. Isidoros has carefully chosen those fruitful shrubs to contribute to the health of his loved ones. The fruit of aronia is an excellent source of vitamins and has a noteworthy antioxidant effect, while the fruit of blueberry is a superfood due to its profuse nutrients and beneficial properties.

At this house of the verdant meadow, along with all the beautiful plants and fruitful shrubs is where Grandpa Henry the explorer is, who recounts to his grandson since he was a little boy. He was about eleven years old when he began his first explorations. Something certain is that the great and expressive greenish eyes of the Grandpa Henry the explorer have seen a lot...

Henry had completed his first exploration, which proved to be very crucial. He made new acquaintances, not that ordinary...