Dragons! 

Picture books
Easy readers
Fiction for older readers
Drawing - Poetry - Folk & fairy tales
Non-fiction - Audio

Picture Books
(Preschool – Grade 2)

Up the Mountain
Charlotte Agell   ~  j Ea AGELL

Milk & Cookies
Frank Asch   ~  j Ew ASCH    

Anna and the Little Green Dragon
Klaus Baumgar   ~  j Ef BAUMGART

Where are you, Little Green Dragon?
Klaus Baumgart   ~   j Ef BAUMGART

Dragon Naps
Lynne Bertrand   ~  j Ew BERTRAND

One Day, Two Dragons
Lynne Bertrand   ~  j Eac BERTRAND

Zagazoo
Quentin Blake  ~   j Ef BLAKE

A Good Knight for Dragons
Roger Bradfield   ~  j Ef BRADFIELD

The Dragon and the Unicorn
Lynne Cherry  ~   j Ef CHERRY

The Dragon Who Wanted to Fly
Jeffrey Comanor   ~  j Ef COMANOR

The Dragon in the Clock Box
M. Jean Craig   ~  j Ea CRAIG

Dominique and the Dragon
Elizabeth Crawford   ~  j Eo CRAWFORD

The Dragon and George
James Cressey   ~  j Ef CRESSEY

Grandma’s Secret Letter
Maggie Davis   ~  j Ef DAVIS

The Paper Dragon
Marguerite W. Davol  ~  j Ef DAVOL

The Library Dragon
Carmen Deedy   ~  j Ef DEEDY

One Dragon to Another
Ned Delaney   ~  j Eb DELANEY

The Wonderful Dragon of Timlin
Tomie DePaola   ~  j Ef DePAOLA

Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson   ~  j Ef DONALDSON

Jooka Saves the Day
Gilles Eduar   ~  j Ew EDUAR

Dragon Tooth
Cathryn Falwell   ~ j Ea FALWELL

Arthur’s Tractor: A Fairy Tale with Mechanical Parts
Pippa Goodhart  ~  j Ea GOODHART

The Tears of the Dragon
Hirosuke Hamada  ~  j Ef HAMADA

Alexander and the Dragon
Katharine Holabird   ~  j Ef HOLABIRD

Serious Trouble
Arthur Howard   ~  j Ef HOWARD

There’s a Dragon in My Sleeping Bag
James Howe   ~ j Ea HOWE

Firerose
Susan Jeschke  ~  j Ef JESCHKE

Bravemole
Lynne Jonell  ~  j Ew JONELL

How Many Dragons are Behind the Door?
Virginia Kahl   ~ j Ef KAHL

There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon
Jack Kent  ~  j Ef KENT/j E- pb K

The Secret in the Dungeon
Fernando Krahn  ~  j Ea KRAHN

The best pet of all
Davie LaRochelle   ~  j Ed LAROCHELLE

The Dragon Liked Smoked Fish
Jerzy Laskowski  ~  j Ef LASKOWSKI

The Eyes of the Dragon
Margaret Leaf  ~  j Eo LEAF

The Dragon ABC Hunt
Loreen Leedy   ~ j Eac LEEDY

Fire and Stone
Ursula Le Guin   ~ j Ea LE GUIN

The Laughing Dragon
Kenneth Mahood   ~  j Ef MAHOOD

Moon Dragon
Fran Manushkin  ~  j Ef MANUSHKIN

The Dragon
Archibald Marshall  ~  j Ef MARSHALL

The Dragon Nanny
C.L.G. Martin  ~  j Ef MARTIN

Branislav the Dragon; A New Tale of Old Russia
Mary Lou Masey  ~  j Ef MASEY

Who Wants a Dragon?
James Mayhew   ~  j Ef MAYHEW

The Little Girl and the Dragon
Else Minarik   ~  j Ef MINARIK

The Paper Bag Princess
Robert Munsch  ~  j E-pb M

Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight
Ogden Nash   ~  j E-pb N

The Book of Beasts
E. Nesbit  ~  j Ef NESBIT

Raising Dragons
Jerdine Nolen   ~  j Ef NOLEN

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head
Bill Peet   ~  j Ea PEET

The Last Little Dragon
Roger Price   ~  j Ef PRICE

The Great Dragon Rescue
M. P. Robertson   ~  j Ef ROBERTSON

The Egg
M. P. Robertson  ~  j Ef ROBERTSON

Elvira
Margaret Shannon  ~  j Ef SHANNON

Dragon Franz
Elizabeth Shub   ~  j Ef SHUB

Komodo!
Peter Sis   ~  j Ew SIS

Emma’s Dragon Hunt
Catherine Stock   ~  j Ea STOCK

The Popcorn Dragon
Jane Thayer  ~   j Ef THAYER/ j E-pb T

The Dragon and the Mouse: The Dream
Stephen Timm   ~  j Ef TIMM

The Seven Chinese Sisters
Kathy Tucker  ~   j Ea TUCKER

The Painter’s Trick
Piero Ventura   ~  j Ef VENTURA

The Dragon Machine
Helen Ward   ~  j Ef WARD

The Loathsome Dragon
David Wiesner   ~  j Ef WIESNER

Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
Jay Williams   ~  j Eo WILLIAMS

The Secret in the Matchbox
Val Willis   ~  j Ef WILLIS

Ignis
Gina Wilson  ~   j Ef WILSON

Beware the Dragons!
Sarah Wilson   ~  j Ef WILSON

The Flying Dragon Room
Audrey Wood  ~   j Ea WOOD

The Popcorn Dragon
Catherine Woolley   ~  j Ef WOOLLEY

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Easy Readers

The Dragon’s Scales
Sarah Albee   ~  j Er ALBEE

World Famous Muriel and the Scary Dragon
Sue Alexander   ~  j Er ALEXANDER

Grandma Dragon’s Birthday
Mary Blocksma   ~  j Er BLOCKSMA

Sarah and the Dragon
Bruce Coville   ~  j Er COVILLE

Ace Dragon Ltd.
Russell Hoban  ~  j Er HOBAN

Dragon’s Fat Cat: Dragon’s Fourth Tale
Dav Pilkey   ~  j Er PILKEY

No More Work
Anne Rockwell   ~  j Er ROCKWELL

Sim Chung and the River Dragon: A Folktale from Korea
Eileen Schecter  ~   j Er SCHECTER

Good Night, Good Knight
Shelly Thomas   ~  j Er THOMAS

The Dragon and the Wild Fandango
Patty Wolcott   ~  j Er PRIMER WOLCOTT

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Fiction
(Grades 3 and up)

j ADLER   ~  C. S. Adler
Eddie’s Blue-winged Dragon
A brass dragon comes to the aid of a boy with cerebral palsy.
Grades 3+

j SF ASIMOV  ~  Janet Asimov
Norby and the Oldest Dragon
Jeff and his robot attend the Grand Dragon’s birthday party on the planet Jamyn.
Grades 3+

j BANKS  ~  Lynne Reid Banks
The Adventures of King Midas
King Midas must deal with a magician, a witch, and a dragon to undo his wish that all he touches turns to gold.
Grades 3+

j BASE   ~  Graeme Base
The Discovery of Dragons
Three adventurers describe, through “rare and historical documents,” the famous dragons they’ve discovered.
Grades 5+

j BRADSHAW   ~  Gillian Bradshaw
The Land of Gold
A princess attains her place on the throne with the aid of the dragon Hathor. Gr. 4+

j BROOKS   ~  Walter R. Brooks
Freddy and the Dragon
One of the classic Freddy the Pig books in which Freddy, his friends, and a friendly dragon try to stop a crime wave. Grades 3+

j COVILLE   ~  Bruce Covile
The Dragon of Doom
Edward is asked by a magician and his talking toad to help slay the Dragon of Doom.
Grades 3+

j COVILLE  ~   Bruce Coville
The Dragonslayers
Three people set out to slay a dragon created to carry out a witch’s revenge. Gr. 3+

j COVILLE   ~ Bruce Coville
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book
A 12 year old boy unknowingly buys a dragon’s egg.
Grades 3+

j COWELL  ~   Cressida Cowell
How to train your dragon / by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
As part of his Viking initiation, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock must capture and train a dragon. Grades 4+

j DOWNER   ~  Ann Downer
Hatching Magic
On a quest for a pet dragon, ancient wizards find themselves in modern day Boston where they meet an eleven year old girl. Grades 5+

j ELMER   ~  Irene Elmer
Anthony’s Father
The son of a magician takes a dragon tooth to school for show and tell. Gr.2 – 3

j FLETCHER  ~  Susan Fletcher
Series: Trilogy Grades 5+
Dragon’s Milk
A girl possesses the power to understand dragons.
Flight of the Dragon Kyn
A young girl is summoned to call down the dragons that have been plundering the realm of King Orrik.
Sign of the Dove
Lyf tries to save dragon hatchlings and their mothers from their enemies.

j FUNKE   ~  Cornelia Funke
Dragonrider
A dragon and his friends embark on a journey to find a legendary valley and evade dangerous enemies. Grades 5+

j GANNETT / j pb G   ~  Ruth Gannett
Series: Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon Grades 2—3
My Father’s Dragon
A boy tries to rescue a poor baby dragon that is being taken advantage of by some lazy wild animals.
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.

j GRAHAME  ~   Kenneth Grahame
The Reluctant Dragon
A boy tires to convince St. George the Dragon Killer and some frightened villagers that the dragon they fear is really kind and harmless. Grades 3+

j GRAY  ~   Luli Gray
Falcon’s Egg
Eleven year old Falcon finds an unusual egg in Central Park. Grades 3 - 5

j SS HAGUE  ~   Michael Hague
The Book of Dragons
A short story collection featuring dragons. Illustrations by Michael Hague. Grades 4+

j SS HARRISON   ~  Michael Harrison
The Oxford Treasury of Children’s Stories
Includes “The Laughing Dragon,” by Richard Wilson.
Grades 3+

j HILDICK   ~  E. W. Hildick
The Dragon that Lived Under Manhattan
A prince comes to rescue a shy loveable dragon hiding in the New York City subway tunnels. Grades 2 - 4

j JORDAN   ~  Sherryl Jordan
The Hunting of the Last Dragon
A peasant boy and a Chinese noblewoman travel to a dragon’s lair. Grades 5+

j KORSCHUNOW   ~  Irina Korschunow
Adam Draws Himself a Dragon
A dragon helps Adam overcome the problems that make his school days unhappy.
Grades 2 – 3

j KRENSKY   ~  Stephen Krensky
The Dragon Circle
The magical Wynd family foils dragons who seek help in recovering treasure lost centuries before at the bottom of a lake. Sequel: The Witching Hour Grades 3+

j KUSHNER   ~  Donn Kushner
A Book Dragon
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. Grades 5+

j LAWSON  ~  Julie Lawson
The Dragon’s Pearl
When a son finds a magic pearl, his life and the lives of his mother and neighbors are forever changed. Grades 2 - 4

j SF L’ENGLE / j pb L   ~  Madeleine L’Engle
A Wind in the Door
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. Grades 5+

j LEWIS   ~  C. S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
On board the Dawn Treader, three children have several encounters with fantastical creatures including a dragon. One of the Chronicles of Narnia. Grades 4+

j MCCAFFREY   ~  Anne McCaffrey
Series: The Harper Hall Trilogy Grades 6+
Dragonsong
Forbidden to engage in music, a girl on the planet Pern runs away and takes shelter with the planet’s fire lizards, which open a new way of life for her.
Dragonsinger
Menolly pursues her dream to become a Harper of Pern and learns the remarkable secret of Pern’s fire lizards.
Dragondrums
In his work with the Masterharper, Piemur is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and dangerous adventures.

j MCGOWEN   ~  Tom McGowen
Series: The Age of Magic Trilogy Grades 5+
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.
A Trial of Magic
The magician, the Wizards of the Dragons, and the Little People unite to face the fearsome opposition of a Master Mage.
A Question of Magic
Twelve year old Lithium and his father come up with a solution to save the five intelligent races of ancient Earth.

j MCMULLAN   ~  Kate McMullan
j pb M Grades 2 - 4
Series: The Dragon Slayers’ Academy Books
The funny and exciting adventures of Wiglaf and his friends at The D.S.A.- The Dragon Slayers’ Academy.

j pb M   ~  Romeo Muller
Puff the Magic Dragon
A story based on the famous folk song. Grades 2 – 4

j MURPHY  ~  Shirley Murphy
Valentine for a Dragon
A demon thinks of a special gift to win the love of a lady dragon on Valentine’s Day. Grades 2 – 4

j MYERS  ~   Walter Dean Myers
The Dragon Takes a Wife
Harry the dragon seeks a fairy’s help to fight a knight and so win a wife. Grades 2 - 3

j SS NESBIT   ~  E. Nesbit
The Complete Book of Dragons
Short stories about dragons. Grades 5+

j M POMERANTZ  ~   Charlotte Pomerantz
Detective Poufy’s First Cast: or, The Missing Battery-Operated Pepper Grinder
Rosie determines a dragon broke into her house.
Grades 2 - 3

j pb PRIOR   ~  Natalie Jane Prior
Series: Lily Quench Books
A young heroine from a dragon-fighting family discovers that there are more dangerous things than dragons in her magical home. Full of adventure. Grades 4+

j REIT   ~  Seymour Reit
Benvenuto
A New York City boy brings home a rare and unusual pet from camp. Grades 2 - 4

j RINKOFF  ~   Barbara Rinkoff
The Dragon’s Handbook
Funny and surprising events occur after Brain finds Culhane the Dragon’s handbook of secret formulas and he asks the dragon to teach him a magic formula before the handbook is returned. Grades 3 –5

j RUPP   ~  Rebecca Rupp
The Dragon of Lonely Island
One summer vacation three children discover a three-headed dragon in a cave. Gr. 4+

j SARGENT   ~  Sarah Sargent
Weird Henry Berg
Henry is determined to keep his unusual pet lizard despite his mother’s objections and the claims of a strange lady that his pet is really a baby dragon. Grades 4+

j SS SARGENT   ~  Robert E. Sargent
Ten Fairy Tales
Includes “The Lonely Dragon.” Grades 3+

j XMAS SAWYER  ~   Ruth Sawyer
The Year of the Christmas Dragon
A Mexican boy with Chinese ancestry discovers an ancient dragon. Grades 3 - 5

j SCIESZKA / j pb S  ~   Jon Scieszka
Knights of the Kitchen Table
Joe, Fred and Sam are sent back in time where they encounter knights, giants, dragons, and wizards. Grades 3+

j A SEYMOUR   ~  Miranda Seymour
Caspar and the Secret Kingdom
Caspar the black cat encounters a huge dragon in the Secret Kingdom of the Cats. Grades 2 – 3

j STEWART  ~   Jennifer Stewart
If that Breathes Fire, We’re Toast!
A boy & his mother get a fire breathing dragon t0 replace their broken furnace. Gr. 3 - 5

j SUTCLIFF   ~  Rosemary Sutcliff
The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup
A minstrel’s songs suffer when his dragon pup is stolen. Grades 2 - 4

j TOLKIEN   ~  J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
A hobbit helps 13 dwarves reclaim their stolen treasure from the dragon Smaug. Grades 5+
Roverandom
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. Grades 4+

j VANDE VELDE  ~   Vivian Vande Velde
Dragon’s Bait
Condemned of witchcraft, a 15 year-old girl is sacrificed to a dragon, which turns out to be her ally. Grades 5 +

j M WEST   ~  Nick West
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon
When five dogs disappear from a seaside town and a dragon is sighted off-shore, the Three Investigators look into the situation. Grades 4+

j WILKINSON  ~   Carole Wilkinson
Dragon Keeper
A young Chinese girl and a dragon embark on a dangerous journey to protect a mysterious stone. Grades 5+

j WREDE   ~  Patricia Wrede
Series: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Grades 4+
Dealing with Dragons
A princess finds adventure and friendship when she goes to live with dragons.
Searching for Dragons
Princess Cimorene rescues the dragon Kazul and saves the Enchanted Forest from a band of wicked wizards.
Calling on Dragons
Queen Cimorene seeks help from her dragon friends when troublesome wizards once again invade the Enchanted Forest.
Talking to Dragons
The son of Queen Cimorene, sixteen year old Daystar, travels into the Enchanted Forest to combat an evil wizard’s magic.

j pb Y  ~   Laurence Yep
Dragon of the Lost Sea
Shimmer, a renegade dragon princess, tries to redeem herself by capturing a witch with the help of a human boy. Grades 4+

j YEP   ~  Laurence Yep
Series: The Tiger’s Apprentice
A boy and a monkey, dragon, rat & tiger try to keep magic from evil . Grades 5+

j SS YOLEN  ~   Jane Yolen
Here There Be Dragons
A collection of new and previously published stories about dragons.
Also: Fire and Wings: Dragon Tales from East and West Grades 5+

j YOLEN  ~   Jane Yolen
Dove Isabeau
Young, beautiful Dove Isabeau is turned into a fire-breathing dragon by her evil stepmother and is saved from the spell by her true love, Kemp Owain. Grades 4+

j SF YOLEN  ~   Jane Yolen
Series: The Pit Dragon Trilogy Grades 6+
Dragon’s Blood
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 own in hopes of winning his freedom.
Hearts Blood
Jakkin becomes a spy and risks his freedom, and the lives of his dragon and her hatchlings, to rescue his beloved Akki.
A Sending of Dragons
Falsely accused of sabotage, Jakkin and Akki are sent to certain death in the wilderness of the planet Austar IV but, through the heroic sacrifice of Jakkin’s dragon and the help of her offspring, manage not only to survive but gain unusual powers and insights.

j YOLEN  ~   Jane Yolen
Merlin and the Dragons
Merlin tells young Arthur a story about a boy who dreamed about dragons and the defeat of the evil king Vortigern. Grades 3—6

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Drawing

j 743.398 Ame   ~  Lee J. Ames
Draw 50 Monsters, Creeps, Superheroes, Demons, Dragons, Nerds, Dirts, Ghouls, Giants, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Curiosa . . .

j 743.8 Har   ~  Christopher Hart
How to Draw Knights, Kings, Queens, & Dragons

j 743.87 Coh   ~  Shari Cohen
Draw Fantasy: Dragons, Centaurs & Other Mythological Characters

j 743.87 Rei   ~  Damon Reinagle
Draw!: Medieval Fantasies

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Poetry

Eric Carle’s Dragons & Other Creatures that Never Were
Eric Carle  ~   j 808.81 Car

Laugh-eteria: Poems and Drawings
Douglas Florian  ~   j 811 Flo

Dogs & Dragons, Trees & Dreams
Karla Kuskin  ~  j 811 Kus

Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight
Ogden Nash  ~  j 811 Nas

The Tale of Custard the Dragon
 Ogden Nash   ~  j 811 Nas

The Dragons are Singing Tonight
Jack Prelutsky   ~  j 811 Pre

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Folk and Fairy Tales

j 398 Lan   ~  Andrew Lang
The Crimson Fairy Book

j 398 Man  ~   Ruth Manning-Sanders
A Book of Dragons

j 398 Pas   ~  David Passes
Dragons: Truth, Myth, and Legend

j 398 Wes   ~  Jennifer Westwood
Medieval Tales

j 398.2 ASIA Gil  ~  Cherry Gilchrist
Stories from the Silk Road

j 398.2 CHINA Bou  ~  Dave Bouchard
The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend

j 398.2 CHINA Tor  ~   Betty L. Torre
The Luminous Pearl: A Chinese Folktale

j 398.2 CHINA Yep   ~  Laurence Yep
The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty and The Beast Tale

j 398.2 ENGLAND Hod  ~  Margaret Hodges
Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend

j 398.2 ENGLAND Mcc   ~  Geraldine McCaughrean
Saint George and the Dragon

j 398.2 FRANCE Hol   ~  Felice Holman
The Drac: French Tales of Dragons and Demons

j 398.2 GERMANY Gri  ~   Wanda Gag
Wanda Gag’s The Earth Gnome

j 398.2 GREECE Hav  ~  Virginia Haviland
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Greece

j 398.2 GREECE Man   ~  Ruth Manning-Sanders
Damian and the Dragon; Modern Greek Folk-Tales

j 398.2 GYPSY Ham   ~  John Hampden
The Gypsy Fiddle and Other Tales Told by the Gypsies

j 398.2 SOUTH AMERICA Sel   ~  Barbara Selfridge
The Timid Dragon; A Folktale from South America

j 398.2 UNITED STATES Sha  ~   Irwin Shapiro
Paul Bunyan Tricks a Dragon

j 398.362 Gri   ~  Dirk Gringhuis
Giants, Dragons, and Gods: Constellations and Their Folklore

j 398.4   ~  Christopher Fagg
Fabulous Beasts

j 398.4 Wol   ~  Leonard Wolf
Monsters: Twenty Terrible and Wonderful Beasts from the Classic Dragon and Colossal Minotaur to King Kong and the Great Godzilla

j 398.469 Dra   ~  Ernest Drake
Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology : the complete book of dragons

j 398.469 Gib  ~   Gail Gibbons
Behold—The Dragons!

j 398.469 Pal  ~   Robin Palmer
Dragons, Unicorns, and Other Magical Beasts

Dragons
Lucille Recht Penner   ~  j 398.469 Pen

Dragons
Michael Wyly   ~  j 398.469 Wyl

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Non-Fiction

j 646.4 Gat   ~  Frieda Gates
Monsters and Ghouls: Costumes and Lore

j 745.5 Irv   ~  Joan Irvine
Build it with Boxes (How to make everything including a dragon)

j 817 Sch  ~   Sam Schultz
101 Monster Jokes: Guaranteed to Curl Your Hair

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Audio

The Dragonslayers
Bruce Coville  ~   j AC COVILLE

Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon
Ruth Gannett  ~   j AC GANNETT

The Dragons are Singing Tonight: Poems
Jack Prelutsky   ~  j AC PRELUTSKY

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien   ~  j AC TOLKIEN

Dealing with Dragons
Patricia Wrede   ~  j AC WREDE

If you liked these dragon books,
look for books from these other booklists :
Fantasy Series
Arthurian Tales
Adventure Books
Stories about Fairies

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