Imagine waking from a deep sleep into a strange new world. What would you do first? How would you feel? These are things faced by a young dragon named Roger in author Trishs book Roger The Mini-Dragon And The Magic Meadow. One afternoon in Calgary, Alberta, a long-hidden dragon egg hatched on a cliff overlooking one of the citys main rivers. Alone in a new world, Roger is discovered by a group of feathery and furry critters who quickly make friends with the little dragon. Follow along as Roger and his new friends discover many things, including pizza and a beautiful meadow. This childrens story Roger the Dragon haswith flair and resiliencesprung from a prehistoric age into the modern world, where he finds many adventures.

From the author of the acclimed and much-loved Waterlogand Wildwood. For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin kept notebooks in which he wrote his daily thoughts, impressions, feelings and observations. Discursive, personal and often impassioned, they reveal the way he saw the world, whether it be observing the teeming ecosystem that was Walnut Tree Farm, thinking about the wider environment, walking in his fields or on Mellis Common, or quietly contemplating his past and present life. Notes From Walnut Tree Farmcollects the very best of these writings, capturing Roger's extraordinary, restless curiosity into the natural and human worlds, his love of literature and music, his knack for making unusual and apposite connections, and of course his distinct and subversive charm and humour. Together they cohere to present a passionate, engaged and - in spite of the worst pressures of contemporary life - optimistic view of our changing world.