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The Boy Who Grew Dragons: A Christmas Delivery

A festive picture book from the creator of the best-selling ’The Boy Who Grew Dragons’
By Andy Shepherd
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The eagerly-anticipated picture book from Andy Shepherd, author of the best-selling The Boy Who Grew Dragons series. Tomas and Lolli love Christmas. And they're not the only ones! Their dragons love Christmas, too. But they have a habit of getting into trouble. When a brand-new snow... Read More
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A first magical picture book in The Boy Who Grew Dragons series.

A first magical picture book in The Boy Who Grew Dragons series.

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The eagerly-anticipated picture book from Andy Shepherd, author of the best-selling The Boy Who Grew Dragons series.

Tomas and Lolli love Christmas. And they're not the only ones! Their dragons love Christmas, too. But they have a habit of getting into trouble. When a brand-new snow dragon hatches on Christmas Eve, she unleashes a flurry of snow that transforms their dragon-growing garden into a winter wonderland. It's all fun and snowball fights to start with... but there's one BIG downside. There's now SO much snow that they're stuck and won't be able to deliver the Christmas presents in time! Can Tomas, Lolli, Grandad and the dragons work together to save Christmas and spread a little magic?

A winter-warmer of a picture book, which captures all the magic and mayhem of The Boy Who Grew Dragons, but for a younger audience.

Andy Shepherd's sparkling writing conjures warmth and charm with every phrase and her characters are artfully brought to life by the stunning illustrations of Sarah Warburton (The Princess and the Pea; Dinosaurs in the Supermarket; Twinkle).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800786486

Publisher: Templar Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Templar Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Sarah Warburton

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 258.0mm

Height: 259.0mm

Weight: 438g

Pages: 40

Collections

Andy Shepherd Children's Books Children's Christmas Books and Gifts Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Christmas Books and Gifts Comfort Reads

About the Author

Andy Shepherd (Author)
Andy Shepherd is the author of the bestselling THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS series. She lives near Cambridge with her husband and two sons.

Sarah Warburton (Illustrator)
Sarah studied Illustration at the University of the West of England in Bristol and has been illustrating professionally for nearly 30 years. She has worked with authors such as Caryl Hart (The Princess series), Dominic Valente (the Starfell series) and Lu Fraser (One Camel Called Doug and Mavis the Bravest). Sarah now lives in Bristol, is married and has two (sort of) grown-up children, an anxious border terrier called Ivor and a large pond full of frogs.

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