Dragons make interesting friends, as everyone ought to know. When Princess Marietta meets the dragon Starnberg he thinks he has to protect her. But then he goes missing!

Princess Marietta goes on an adventure with her pony to find him…will she be brave enough to help Starnberg with his troubles? And who are all these strange creatures she meets on her adventure — are they friends or are they foes?

Told in a tongue-in-cheek tone Even Dragons Need Rescuing is what happens when little girls (rebel princesses, no less) break the rules and have adventures with ponies, dragons and fairies. Not to mention some rather dim-witted trolls…

Even Dragons Need Rescuing is an illustrated chapter book suitable for independent readers between 7 and 12 and is suitable as a bedtime story read aloud over several nights. This book will appeal to younger readers of the brilliant series Wings of Fire or the equally wonderful series The Land of Stories.

Stephanie Goulter