Anya's Friends

By Neil Jagger

The dragon breathed out a big hot flame. 'Oops, so sorry. Did I burn your dress?'

Five delightfully illustrated stories portray a youngster's private world as she engages with a group of magical characters.

The author captures that brief but wonderful period when small children live in the exciting world of their own imagination.

The stories are designed to be read to or with children aged 5 or 6 upwards. Short sentences encourage reading, simple questions test understanding.

Anya's dignified friends introduce important concepts of morality and decent behaviour in a way readily grasped by the developing mind.

These warm encounters with their bossy but likeable characters are sure to conjure up childhood memories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Legend Press
• Release date: Sep 13, 2017
• ISBN: 9781787195578

Book preview

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A VISIT

It was Anya's first visit to Granny's big house. Mummy had shown her pictures of the rooms, in them were strange things she had never seen in Wimbledon.

Granny and Grandad had lived for a long time in the Far East. She didn't know where the Far East was. Mummy said it was a long way from Wimbledon.

Mummy opened the car door. She undid Anya's seat belt and picked up baby brother Myles. Anya climbed out and held Grandad's hand.

'Don't forget Panda Bear,' said Granny, putting a small grey animal in her hand, 'I'll bring Dora.' Dora was the water bottle.

'That's Ponda Bear,' said Anya.

Tucking the bear under her arm Anya rushed into the house. She wanted to say 'hello' to all the strange things.

In the lounge she saw two dolls. They had curved swords stuck in their belts, one long and one short.

'Why do you have sharp things?' asked Anya. 'Mummy says knives are dangerous.'

'Little child,' said the old one, 'we are warriors from Japan. Don't we frighten you?'

'Oh, no,' said Anya, 'you're not as big as my brother.'

'Sitting above the fireplace we see everything that happens in this room,' said the young one, 'some is good, some is