Little dragons love new a ies
Caryl Hart
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Rosalind Beardshaw
First published 2021 by Nosy Crow Ltd The Crow’s Nest, 14 Baden Place Crosby Row, London SE1 1YW www.nosycrow.com ISBN 978 1 78800 888 4 (HB) ISBN 978 1 78800 889 1 (PB) Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd. Text © Caryl Hart 2021 Illustrations © Rosalind Beardshaw 2021 The rights of Caryl Hart to be identified as the author and of Rosalind Beardshaw to be identified as the illustrator of this work have been asserted. All rights reserved This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Nosy Crow Ltd. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed in China Papers used by Nosy Crow are made from wood grown in sustainable forests. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (HB) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (PB)
For Jess – the best big sister anywhere. xx C. H. To my babies, Freddie and Iris x R. B.
y Caryl Hart Rosalind Beardshaw
When a dragon’s parents say,
“Our baby has come home today!” . . .
. . . does she refuse to say hello, or grumble, “Why?” or “Baby GO!”?
Why, no! Dragons don’t do that!
A dragon stands on tippy-toes to kiss that tiny baby’s nose, then finds a squishy snuggle bug – the sort that babies love to hug – and says, “Hi, Baby! Here you go.”
A dragon’s kind like that, you know.
Then, if the baby’s bottom’s wet, this clever dragon’s quick to get the nappies and the changing mat.
She finds a nice clean vest and hat while Daddy gets the baby dressed.
This dragon really is the best!