Dragons

J BOOK Morrow Junior Books. The Book of Dragons: A collection of short stories featuring dragons by various authors. J COVILLE Coville, Bruce. Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher: Twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher buys a shimmering ball at a strange magic shop. The ball turns out to be a dragon’s egg, and Jeremy has to figure out how to take care of a dragon. J COVILLE Coville, Bruce. The Dragonslayers: Squire Elizar and his page, Brian, seek to slay the dragon that witch Grizelda has turned loose on the kingdom. J 398.2454 DOEDEN Doeden, Matt. Dragon Life: "Describes natural dragon behaviors and habitats. Includes a photoglossary describing the appearance and characteristics of several dragon species" -- Publisher J 398.2454 DOEDEN Doeden, Matt. Dragonatomy: “Describes the different parts of dragon bodies and how dragons breathe fire.” -- Publisher J DRAKE Drake, Salamand. Dragonsdale: Cara yearns to ride her beloved Skydancer, a rare Goldenbrow dragon, but her father refuses to permit her to fly and she must be content with mucking out stalls and helping raise young dragons at the famed stud and training farm known as Dragonsdale. J FUNKE Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Rider: 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. J GEORGE George, Jessica Day. Dragon Flight: Young seamstress Creel finds herself strategizing with the dragon king Shardas once again when a renegade dragon in a distant country launches a war against their country, bringing an entire army of dragons into the mix.

J GRAY Gray, Luli. Falcon’s Egg: Taking care of her younger brother and a loving but flighty mother has made Falcon very responsible for a eleven-year-old, but she needs the help of her great-great aunt, a friendly neighbor, and an ornithologist when she finds a unusual egg in Central Park. J HABER Haber, Melissa Glenn. Beyond the Dragon Portal: Melissa Glenn Haber: Sadie, age eleven, discovers that her four-year-old sister’s stories about seeing real life dragons are true, and that her little sister has disappeared into Dragonland. As Sadie sets out to rescue her sister, she travels through the dragon portal, and finds herself immersed in a war between the dragons and the winged Lalawani people. J HENHAM Henham, R. D. The Red Dragon Codex: Mudd must seek a silver dragon's help to rescue Shemnara, an old woman who is practically his mother, when she is kidnapped by a red dragon. (One of the Dragon Codex books) J KNUDSEN Knudsen, Michelle. The Dragon of Trelian: A mage's apprentice, a princess, and a dragon combine their strength and magic to bring down a traitor and restore peace to the kingdom of Trelian. J KOLLER Koller, Jackie. Dragonling Collector’s Edition Vol. 1: When Darek goes to admire his older brother's defeat of a fierce dragon, he befriends a baby dragonling. But the only way that Darek can save the helpless creature is by returning it to the fearsome Valley of the Dragons! Stories include The Dragonling, A Dragon in the Family & Dragon Quest. (Dragonling Collector’s Edition Vol. 2 sequel) J LAKE Lake, A.J. The Coming of Dragons: Two eleven-year-olds named Edmund and Elspeth discover that they have been given fantastic gifts to use against the ancient and evil forces that have been awakened by powerful magic during the Dark Ages in Great Britain. (The Darkest Age series) J DE MARI DeMari, Silvana. The Last Dragon: Struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic world after his village is destroyed, Yorsh, the earth's last elf, must embark on a perilous quest to decipher a powerful prophecy and find the last dragon, who holds the key to saving the world from the Dark Age that has begun. J MARTIN Martin, George R. The Ice Dragon: Leaving in its wake desolate cold and frozen land, the legendary ice dragon has never been tamed until it meets Adara, a winter child who looks to the creature to help save her world from destruction. J PAUL Paul, Donita K., Dragonspell: Once a slave girl, Kale is given the unexpected opportunity to become a servant to Paladin. Yet this young girl has much to learn about the difference between slavery and service. This is a Christian fantasy with the ultimate purpose of the quest being connection to God (Wuldar) through the Christ-figure, Paladin. YA PAOLINI Paolini, Christopher. Eragon: In Aagaesia, 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. (Inheritance series)

J RODDA Rodda, Emily. Dragon’s Nest: Famine stalks Deltora, and only monsters thrive. As the starving people weaken, Lief, Jasmine and Barda discover a terrible secret. The Enemy left the seeds of death behind him. Four vile creations of sorcery called the Four Sisters are hidden in the land. They are slowly killing it while the Shadow Lord gloats, awaiting his triumphant return. The companions must find the deadly Sisters and destroy them. Their only clue is a fragment of an ancient map. Their only hope of help lies with seven unlikely allies - the last of Deltora's dragons. (Deltora Dragon series) J RUPP Rupp. Rebecca. The Dragon of Lonely Island: When three children spend the summer with their mother on a secluded island, they learn what it means to be a dragon friend after they discover a three-headed dragon living in a cave. J STERMAN Sterman, Betsy. Backyard Dragon: With the help of three friends, a young boy and his grandfather help a fifteenth-century Welsh dragon find its way home. J STRICKL Strickland, Brad. Dragon’s Plunder: Having been kidnapped by former pirates because of his ability to whistle up the wind, fifteen-year-old Jamie agrees to help their leader, a living corpse, find the dragon of Windrose Island. J STROUD Stroud, Johnathan. Buried Fire: A dragon encased in rock is awakened by the excavation and fracture of an ancient Celtic cross, loosing long-buried forces of evil. J THOMSON Thomson, Sarah. Dragon's Egg: Mella, a young girl trained as a dragon keeper, learns that the legends of old are true when she 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. J398.2454 TRUMBAU A Practical Guide to Dragons: This lavishly illustrated guide showcases the wide array of fantastic dragons encountered on the world of Krynn. Sindri Suncatcher -wizard's apprentice- opens up his personal notebooks to share his knowledge of these awe-inspiring creatures, from the life cycle of a kind copper dragon dragon to the best way to counteract a red dragon’s fiery breath. J398.2454 TRUMBAU Trumbauer, Lisa. The Practical Guide to Dragon Riding: In this follow-up to A Practical Guide to Dragons, wizard's apprentice Sindri Suncatcher once again opens up his notebooks to share more wonders of dragonkind. YA WREDE Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing with Dragons: 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. J YOLEN Yolen, Jane. Here There Be Dragons: Stories and poems all about dragons.