Alia's Dragon

Alia has never met a dragon before, not until the day she and her three cats, bold Java, snuggly Lovey, and sharp-eyed Chloe, wander into a part of the forest they've never explored. There, in a quiet clearing, they find Bramble: a huge, lonely dragon with nowhere else to go.Alia isn't afraid. She offers Bramble something no one else has: friendship. Soon the five of them are inseparable, splashing in streams, playing hide and seek, and sharing daisy chains under the summer sun. But sharp-eyed Chloe notices what the others miss. Bramble has grown quiet. She misses her family, and she doesn't know how to find them.Determined to help, Alia remembers a story her grandmother once told her, about The Wish Tree. They set off to find it together.What they discover at the end of that path is a reminder that the best wishes are the ones we make for someone else.A warm, gently funny picture book about friendship, noticing when someone we love is hurting, and the courage it takes to help them find their way home.