Number One in the series of Peri the Sea Dragon from author Derek Goddard-Nickolls who, with Peri, will delight children for years to come. Peri the lovable Sea Dragon is captured and shrunk into a painting by a nasty Wizard. His adventures start when he escapes from the painting and with the help of friendly creatures and characters escapes from scrape after scrape to finally return home. A funny, touching and triumphant picture book story about a sea dragon who finds his own courage, personality and confidence. This super bumper book has great illustrations and a lot of moving and very funny stories too. ... A very sweet story with learning undercurrents - and very funny. - Christine S A really funny and wonderfully colourful romp of a story and picture book. All children and young teenagers will have fun reading this or hearing their parents read it aloud to them, the parents will enjoy it too: )