Dragon Chapter Booklist

Fiction

Corville, Bruce. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. (J Co)
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.


Cowell, Cressida. How to Train Your Dragon. (J Co)
Follow the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tires to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hair Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.


Downer, Ann. Hatching Magic. (J Do)
When a thirteenth-century wizard confronts twenty-first century Boston while seeking his pet dragon, he is followed by a rival wizard and a very unhappy demon, but eleven-year-old Teodora Oglethorpe may hold the secret to setting everything right.


Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Rider. (J Fu)
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.


Gray, Luli. Falcon's Egg. (J Gr)
Taking care of her youger brother and a loving but flighty mother has made Falcon very responsible for an eleven-year-old, but she needs the help of her great-great aunt, a friendly neighbor, and an ornithologist when she finds an unusual egg in Central Park.


Jordan, Sheryl. The Hunting of the Last Dragon. (J Jo)
In England in 1356, as a monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewomen to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon.


McCaffery, Anne. Dragonsong. (J Ma)
Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the plant's fire lizards who along with her music, open a new life for her.


McMullen, Kate. The New Kid at School. (J Mcmulla)
Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and in for a first day of school he will never forget.


Nesbit, E. The Deliverers of Their Country. (J Ne)
Effie and her brother Harry find a way to save Britain from a plague of dragons.


Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. (J Pa)
In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.


Rodda, Emily. Dragon's Nest. (J Rodda)
Battling famine and monsters, the people of Deltora must depend on the last dragons for help.


Wilkinson, Carol. Dragon Keeper. (J Wi)
An orphan slave girl becomes a Dragon Keeper when she heroically comes to the aid of an aging dragon and both go on a dangerous journey across China to protect a mysterious stone vital to the dragon's legacy.


Wrede, Patricia. Dealing with Dragons. (J Wr)
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragon's kingdom.

Yep, Laurence. The Tiger's Apprentice. (J Ye)
A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.


Yolen, Jane. Dragon's Blood. (J Yo)
Jakkin, a bond boy who works as a Keeper in a dragon nursery on the planet Austar IV, secretly trains a fighting pit dragon of his won in hopes of winning his freedom.


Zinnen, Linda. The Dragons of Spratt, Ohio. (J Zi)
Seventh-grader John Salt, a budding animal behaviorist, and his best friend's sister become unlikely allies in an attempt to protect a pack of dragons from an unscrupulous coesmetics researcher.


Nonfiction

Dugald, Steer A. Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons. (J 389.24 Dr)
Introduces the world of dragons, pondering the different species and their abilities, and includes a dragon-calling spell, dragon riddles, and samples of dragon wings and skin.


Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend. (J 398.2 Sa)
Retells the segment from Spenser's "The Faerie Queene", in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.


Yep, Laurence. Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty & the Beast Tale. (J 398.2 Be)
A poor farmer's youngest daughter agress to marry a fierce dragon in order to save her father's life.


Compiled by Children's Services Staff (12/07)