Book excerpt: For twenty years Tashi has been telling fabulous stories. He escaped from a war lord in a faraway place and flew to this country on the back of a swan. And he wished he would find a friend just like Jack. In this first book of his daring adventures, Tashi tells Jack about the time he tricked the last dragon of all. Now, a whole generation of readers know that when Tashi says, 'Well, it was like this...' a new adventure is about to begin. 'All children should meet Tashi. He can be their mentor on the road to reading, feeding their imaginations with fantastic stories...The Tashi stories have the evergreen qualities of classics.' MAGPIES 'I read my kids Tashi - it's this story that they love' ANGELINA JOLIE