Nora’s dragon has one crooked eye, a grand red cape, and absolutely no business going missing on the morning of the library’s Story Parade.

Pickle isn’t just any dragon. He’s a green sock with button eyes and yarn spikes, handmade with love and very good at roaring for toast. But when Nora turns her back for one minute, he vanishes leaving behind a scrap of yellow yarn, a thin wheel track through chalk dust, and a mystery.

With her friend Eli and his detective notebook, Nora follows the clues across the library garden: past the cake stall, the squeaky book cart, and the quiet reading tent. But every clue raises a bigger question and the parade starts in one hour.

A warm, funny early chapter book about friendship, jumping to conclusions, and the helpers we don’t expect. Perfect for newly independent readers ages 68.