We're no strangers to Anni Axworthy's cute little dragon fellow, having read this and 'Little Dragon and the Haunted House' in completely the wrong order. So here's the very first time we meet the dragon who - well as the title says - can't quite do dragony things.

Fire breathing? Nope - not even with the aid of very hot spicy food. Flying? Hmmm those tiny wings aren't quite up to the task.

But a certain little boy loves the dragon despite his shortcomings, for what he is - a rather cute brilliant little friend.

A touching tale with a lovely little message, there are apparently a few more books in Anni's 'Dragon' series so we ought to try and winkle them all out, they're very nice indeed.

Charlotte's best bit: The dragon's golden tears, aww (which mummy looks after and sticks in the bank!)

Daddy's favourite bit: I love dragons, particularly cute ones that cry real gold!

Imagine what it would be like to live with a dragon that cried tears of pure gold every time he had a bit of an emotional moment. Judging by the vast pile of loot Little Dragon is sitting on, he must be a bit of a sad chap.

Little Dragon and the Haunted House tells his story, and what happens when he decides to up sticks and move with his family to a haunted house.

After dealing with a horribly slippery estate agent (know the feeling!), Little Dragon finds the perfect abode. The only problem is, the ghosts living there are a wee bit afraid of dragons.

Anni Axworthy's charming little tale seems to have struck a chord with Charlotte and I had to draw the line of having yet another book nominated as 'joint book of the week' (two is bad enough, three would be crazy!) But she loves this, perhaps because like most children she finds ghosts and scary stuff absolutely intoxicating and though this book is about as scary as a wet paper tissue, tiny mites hear 'haunted house' and immediately think of spooky goings on.

Charlotte's best bit: Little Dragon's huge pile of gold coins and treasure

Daddy's favourite bit: Why don't estate agents sell more houses that look like something from The Addams Family?

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars