Green Smoke

She heard a noise very like a loud sneeze, and a little puff of green smoke came out of the cave and floated away into the air. On holiday in Cornwall, while exploring along the coastline, Susan discovers something something quite different from anything she had ever seen before. It would be more polite to call him Someone rather than Something. Out of a cave comes a green scaly dragon, with yellow horns and a charming smile...

About the author

Rosemary Manning was born in Dorset in 1911. She had a varied career as a teacher and lecturer but her main profession was a writer. She wrote several children's books as well as novels for adults. She lived for many years in the west country, where she set many of her stories including Green Smoke. She died in 1988.

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary Manning, Manning Rosemary
• Assisted by: Marshall Constance (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 10
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 08.01.2026
• EAN: 9780241761632
• ISBN: 978-0-241-76163-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: A Puffin Book
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Cornwall, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 6 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dragons, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy / General