Alia's Dragon: Alternate Way Press

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.