Liza Jane & the Dragon by Laura Lippman, Kate Samworth

Liza gets tired of her parents and her perfect life.  She decides to fire them and hire a new parent and she puts up an ad saying no experience required.

Akashic Books sent me a copy of this book to read for review.  It has been published, so you can get a copy now.

I'm not sure where her parents went after being fired but her new parent is happy to move in.  Of all things, she's hired a dragon.  That means the house suddenly has burn marks in odd places, the pizza delivery person will no longer come in the house, and even school gets a bit dangerous.  Now what will she do?

I loved this one.  It's silly, funny and a joy to read.  The illustrations are great, too.  Get a copy for your little one, they'll read it more than once!