Franklin, Nati si cartea basmelor

Franklin the dragon has a birthday. His village plans a party to surprise him. His best friend Nati helps keep the plans secret. She takes him to a bookshop. There they find a strange book of fairy tales. It warns them not to open it. Nati’s pet tortoise feels curious and peeks inside. The pet vanishes. The friends enter the book to save it. They meet figures from fairy tales along the way. Some pose a threat.

This fantasy tale has pictures and a sense of suspense. It suits young readers who like tense tales. It looks at courage and the bonds between friends. It also shows the power of the mind to dream. Life inside a story brings both wonder and danger. Katie Harnett drew the colour pictures for Jen Campbell’s tale.

Campbell writes books and poems and has won awards. She writes nonfiction, poems, short stories, and books for children. She studies the history of fairy tales. She gives talks at museums and book festivals. She speaks at universities too. She worked as a bookseller for ten years. She now talks about books on YouTube. She talks about fairy-tale history there too. Harnett has a master’s degree from Cambridge School of Art. Her degree is in drawing pictures for children’s books. She won the Ars in Fabula award in 2015.