Dragons
Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
www.mtlebanonlibrary.org
► Dragon books for kids in grades 3 - 5
► Dragon books for kids in grades 5 and up
All books are located in juvenile fiction, arranged by the author's last name.
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Dragon books for kids in grades 3 - 5
Pirates of the purple dawn / Tony Abbott
Eric and his friends try to stop wicked pirates from building an enchanted passageway that will transport nasty dragons from the past into the present.
Eddie’s Blue-winged Dragon / C. S. Adler
A brass dragon comes to the aid of a boy with cerebral palsy.
Norby and the Oldest Dragon / Janet Asimov
Jeff and his robot attend the Grand Dragon’s birthday party on the planet Jamyn.
The Adventures of King Midas / Lynne Reid Banks
King Midas must deal with a magician, a witch, and a dragon to undo his wish that all he touches turns to gold.
Freddy and the Dragon / Walter Brooks
One of the classic Freddy the Pig books in which Freddy, his friends, and a friendly dragon try to stop a crime wave.
The Dragon of Doom / Bruce Coville
Edward is asked by a magician and his talking toad to help slay the Dragon of Doom.
The Dragonslayers / Bruce Coville
Three people set out to slay a dragon created to carry out a witch’s revenge.
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book / Bruce Coville
A 12 year old boy unknowingly buys a dragon’s egg.
How to train your dragon / Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (Cressida Cowell)
As part of his Viking initiation, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock must capture and train a dragon. One of a series.
Dragonsdale / Salamanda Drake
At a riding school for dragons, Cara secretly trains a wild dragon for the Island Championships.
Princess Daisy and the dazzling dragon / Vivian French
A timid young princess is afraid of dragons until she sees one for herself.
Series: Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon / Ruth Gannett
My Father’s Dragon
A boy tries to rescue a poor baby dragon.
Elmer and the Dragon
Elmer and his flying dragon help some canaries find a buried treasure.
The Dragons of Blueland
Elmer comes to the rescue of his flying dragon when it is hunted by men.
The Reluctant Dragon / Kenneth Grahame
A boy tires to convince St. George the Dragon Killer and some frightened villagers that the dragon they fear is really kind and harmless.
Falcon’s Egg / Luli Gray
Eleven year old Falcon finds an unusual egg in Central Park.
The Book of Dragons / Michael Hague
A short story collection featuring dragons.
The Dragon that Lived Under Manhattan / E. W. Hildick
A prince comes to rescue a shy dragon hiding in the New York City subway tunnels. Grades 2 – 4
The dragonling collector's edition / Jackie French Koller
Darek and Zantor's exciting adventures among dragons.
Adam Draws Himself a Dragon / Irina Korschunow
A dragon helps Adam overcome the problems that make his school days unhappy. Grades 2 – 3
The Dragon Circle / Stephen Krensky
The magical Wynd family foils dragons who seek help in recovering lost treasure. Sequel: The Witching Hour
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader / C. S. Lewis
On board the Dawn Treader, three children have several encounters with fantastical creatures including a dragon. One of The Chronicles of Narnia series.
The ice dragon / George R.R. Martin
The legendary ice dragon has never been tamed until it meets Adara, who hopes the creature will help save her world from destruction.
Digory the dragon slayer / Angela McAllister
Digory accidentally becomes a knight and reluctantly sets off to rescue damsels in distress, slay dragons, and marry a princess.
Series: The Dragon Slayers’ Academy Books / Kate McMullan
The funny and exciting adventures of Wiglaf and his friends at The D.S.A.- The Dragon Slayers’ Academy. Grades 2 - 4
Dragon of the red dawn / Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the 4 secrets of happiness.
Valentine for a Dragon / Shirley Murphy
A demon thinks of a special gift to win the love of a lady dragon on Valentine’s Day. Grades 2 – 4
The Dragon Takes a Wife / Walter Dean Myers
Harry the dragon seeks a fairy’s help to fight a knight and win a wife. Grades 2 - 3
Detective Poufy’s First Cast: or, The Missing Battery-Operated Pepper Grinder / Charlotte Pomerantz
Rosie determines a dragon broke into her house. Grades 2 – 3
Series: Lily Quench Books / Natalie Jane Prior
A young heroine from a dragon-fighting family discovers that there are more dangerous things than dragons in her magical home.
Benvenuto / Seymour Reit
A New York City boy brings home a rare and unusual pet from camp. Grades 2 - 4
The Dragon’s Handbook / Barbara Rinkoff
Surprising things occur after Brain finds a dragon’s handbook of secret formulas.
The Dragon of Lonely Island / Rebecca Rupp
Three children discover a three-headed dragon in a cave.
Weird Henry Berg / Sarah Sargent
Henry is determined to keep his unusual pet lizard even though a strange lady claims it is really a baby dragon.
The Year of the Christmas Dragon / Ruth Sawyer
A Mexican boy with Chinese ancestry discovers an ancient dragon.
Knights of the Kitchen Table / Jon Scieszka
Joe, Fred and Sam are sent back in time where they encounter knights, giants, dragons, and wizards.
Caspar and the Secret Kingdom / Miranda Seymour
A black cat encounters a huge dragon in the Secret Kingdom of the Cats.
Grades 2 - 3
If that Breathes Fire, We’re Toast! / Jennifer Stewart
A boy & his mother get a fire breathing dragon to replace their broken furnace.
The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup / Rosemary Sutcliff
A minstrel’s songs suffer when his dragon pup is stolen. Grades 2 - 4
Roverandom / J. R. R. Tolkien
The adventures of a toy dog include meeting the Great White Dragon on the moon.
Butterfingers / Juliet Trewellard
When a princess is kidnapped by a dragon, it is up to a clumsy stable boy to save her.
Puff the Magic Dragon / Peter Yarrow (j CD Kit YARROW)
A story based on the famous folk song. Grades 2 – 4
Dragon of the Lost Sea / Laurence Yep
A renegade dragon princess, tries to redeem herself by capturing a witch with the help of a human boy.
Dove Isabeau / Jane Yolen
Beautiful Dove Isabeau is turned into a fire-breathing dragon by her evil stepmother.
Fire and wings : dragon tales from East and West / Jane Yolen
A collection of stories about all kinds of dragons.
Merlin and the Dragons / Jane Yolen
Merlin tells young Arthur a story about a boy who dreamed about dragons and the defeat of an evil king .
The dragons of Spratt, Ohio / Linda Zinnen
Seventh-grader John Salt and his friend's sister become unlikely allies in an attempt to protect a pack of dragons from an unscrupulous cosmetics researcher. Grades 4 - 6
Digory and the lost king / Angela McAllister
Digory, mistaken for being a brave knight, goes in search of a missing king.
My dad the dragon / Jackie French
Horace’s new Knight School homework? He has to kill a dragon, which is even more difficult because his father is one.
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Dragons- Legends, Folk Tales, & Fairy Tales - Selected Titles:
Paul Bunyan Tricks a Dragon / Irwin Shapiro / j 398.2 UNITED STATES Sha
Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology : the complete book of dragons
Ernest Drake / j 398.469 Dra
Behold—The Dragons! / Gail Gibbons / j 398.469 Gib
Dragons / Stephen Krensky / j 398.469 Kre
Dragons / Catherine M. Petrini / j 398.469 Pet
How to raise and keep a dragon / John Topsell / j 398.469 Top
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The Discovery of Dragons / Graeme Base
Three adventurers describe, through “rare and historical documents,” the famous dragons they’ve discovered.
The prophecy / Hilari Bell
Guided by the words of a prophecy, a prince who loves books more than swords sets out to slay the black dragon that is destroying his kingdom.
The Land of Gold / Gillian Bradshaw
A princess attains her place on the throne with the aid of the dragon Hathor.
Dragon's keep / Janet Lee Carey
In 1145 A.D., a 14 year-old girl fulfills her destiny, while hiding the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.
Glint / Ann Coburn
While fifteen-year-old Ellie tries to find her missing younger brother, a parallel quest in a fantasy world of dragons and shapeshifters takes place that has a young girl searching for a stolen dragon hatchling.
The runaway princess / Kate Coombs
When Princess Meg rescues a baby dragon she hopes to thwart her father’s plan to marry her in a contest for princes.
How to train your dragon / Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
(Cressida Cowell)
As part of his Viking initiation, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock must capture and train a dragon. One of a series. Grades 4—5
The last dragon / Silvana De Mari
The earth's last elf embarks on a perilous quest to find the last dragon, who holds the key to saving the world from the Dark Age that has begun.
The fire within / Chris D'Lacey
When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea that they will inspire his writing and involve him in a mystery.
Hatching Magic / Ann Downer
On a quest for a dragon, ancient wizards find themselves in modern day Boston where they meet an 11-year-oldgirl. Sequel: The dragon of Never-Was.
Trilogy series / Susan Fletcher
Dragon’s Milk
A girl possesses the power to understand dragons. Book One.
Also: Flight of the Dragon Kyn & Sign of the Dove
Dragonrider / Cornelia Funke
A dragon and his friends embark on a journey to find a legendary valley and evade dangerous enemies.
Dragon slippers / Jessica Day George
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.(One of a series.)
The Camelot spell / Laura Anne Gilman
Three teenagers living in Camelot are forced to undertake a dangerous mission when King Arthur's court falls under a mysterious enchantment on the eve of the quest for the Holy Grail. Book 1 in The Grail Guest Series.
The Book of Dragons / Michael Hague
A short story collection featuring dragons.
The Hunting of the Last Dragon / Sherryl Jordan
A peasant boy and a Chinese noblewoman travel to a dragon’s lair.
The Shamer's war / Lene Kaaberbol
Dina, a Shamer who can see the soul’s darkest secrets, and her friend lead a dangerous rebellion against a ruthless Dragon Lord who is hunting down Shamers to burn at the stake. Book One of The Shamer Chronicles.
A Book Dragon / Donn Kushner
A dragon survives for 6 centuries during which time he observes such different humans as a medieval monk, an eighteenth century chemist, and a modern American bookseller.
The coming of dragons / A.J. Lake
Two eleven-year-olds discover that they have been given fantastic gifts to use against the ancient and evil forces that have been awakened during Britain’s Dark Ages. First in The Darkest Age series.
A Wind in the Door / Madeleine L’Engle
With Meg Murry’s help, the dragons her 6 year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death.
The Harper Hall Trilogy series / Anne McCaffrey
Dragonsong
Forbidden to play music, a girl on the planet Pern runs away and takes shelter
with the planet’s fire lizards, which begins a new life for her. Book One.
Also: Dragonsinger & Dragondrums
The Age of Magic Trilogy series / Tom McGowen
The Magical Fellowship
In 3000 B. C., a magician and his father set out to unite the warring
races of wizards, humans, Little People and dragons. Book One.
Also: A Trial of Magic & A Question of Magic
The Complete Book of Dragons / E. Nesbit
Short stories about dragons.
Here, there be dragons / James A. Owen
Three young men are entrusted with an atlas of fantastical places to which they travel in hopes of defeating the Winter King whose bid for power is related to the First World War raging in the Real World. The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica.
Eragon / Christopher Paolini
A fifteen-year-old boy called Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone, also finds his life suddenly filled with magic, power, dragons, elves, and monsters. The first in a trilogy.
The Lily Quench Books series / Natalie Jane Prior (j pb PRIOR)
A young heroine from a dragon-fighting family discovers that there are more dangerous things than dragons in her magical home.
The Dragon of Lonely Island / Rebecca Rupp
Three children discover a three-headed dragon in a cave.
Weird Henry Berg / Sarah Sargent
Henry is determined to keep his unusual pet lizard even though a strange lady claims it is really a baby dragon. Grades 4—5
Dragon's egg / Sarah L. Thomson
Mella is entrusted with carrying a dragon's egg to the fabled Hatching Grounds, a dangerous journey on which she is assisted by a knight's squire.
The Hobbit / J.R.R. Tolkien
A hobbit helps 13 dwarves reclaim their stolen treasure from a dragon.
Roverandom / J.R.R. Tolkien
On his quest to become a real dog again, a toy dog has many adventures, including a meeting with the Great White Dragon on the moon.
Dragon’s Bait / Vivian Vande Velde
Condemned of witchcraft, a 15 year-old girl is sacrificed to a dragon, which turns out to be her ally.
Dragon Keeper / Carole Wilkinson
A young Chinese girl and a dragon embark on a dangerous journey . One of a series.
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series / Patricia Wrede
Dealing with Dragons
A princess finds adventure and friendship when she goes to live with
dragons. Book One.
Also: Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, Talking to Dragons.
Dragon of the Lost Sea / Laurence Yep
Shimmer, a renegade dragon princess, tries to redeem herself by capturing a witch with the help of a human boy. Grades 4+
The Tiger’s Apprentice series / Laurence Yep
A boy, a monkey, a dragon, a rat and a tiger try to keep magic from evil.
Here There Be Dragons / Jane Yolen
Stories about dragons. Grades 5+
Also: Fire and Wings: Dragon Tales from East and West Grades 4+
Dove Isabeau / Jane Yolen
Young, beautiful Dove Isabeau is turned into a fire-breathing dragon by her evil stepmother. Grades 4+
The Pit Dragon Trilogy series / Jane Yolen
Dragon’s Blood
A bond boy secretly trains a fighting pit dragon in hopes of winning
his freedom. Book One. Also: Hearts Blood & A Sending of Dragons
The dragons of Spratt, Ohio / Linda Zinnen
Seventh-grader John Salt and his friend's sister become unlikely allies in an attempt to protect a pack of dragons from an unscrupulous cosmetics researcher. Grades 4 - 6
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Dragons—Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales - Selected Titles:
A Book of Dragons / Ruth Manning-Sanders / j 398 Man
Dragons: Truth, Myth, and Legend / David Passes / j 398 Pas
The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty and The Beast Tale
Laurence Yep / j 398.2 CHINA Yep
Saint George and the Dragon / Margaret Hodges / j 398.2 ENGLAND Hod
The Drac: French Tales of Dragons and Demons / Felice Holman
j 398.2 FRANCE Hol
The Timid Dragon; A Folktale from South America / Barbara Selfridge
j 398.2 SOUTH AMERICA Sel
Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology : the complete book of dragons
Ernest Drake / j 398.469 Dra
Behold—The Dragons! / Gail Gibbons / j 398.469 Gib
Dragons, Unicorns, and Other Magical Beasts / Robin Palmer /
j 398.469 Pal
Dragons / Stephen Krensky / j 398.469 Kre
Dragons / Catherine M. Petrini / j 398.469 Pet
How to raise and keep a dragon / John Topsell / j 398.469 Top
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