- Source
- Nelly's Garden
- by Elizabeth Slote
- Tambourine Books: New York, 1991
- The Story
- Using Nelly Dragon as the central character, this picture book for
the very young covers the months of the year and the names of fauna and
activities that coincide with each month.
- Comments
- The world is entirely populated with dragons who own dogs as pets.
The dragons are green, with froggy heads, webbed hands, short lizard
tails which, like their backs, have spikes. On top of their heads, two
little ear (horn?) pertrude. They are fully
attired. Nelly is the little girl figure and there is no special dragon
characteristic attributed to these creatures except for the spikes down
their backs.
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