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How to train your Dragon, (series) by Cressida Cowell, Hodder 8+

Dragonkeeper (trilogy) by Carole Wilkinson, Macmillan  9+

The Egg by M. P. Robertson 
Perfect first picture book about a huge egg that hatches into dragon

Ignis by Gina Wilson
Sparky, funny tale of dragon's quest for fire.

Dragon Boy by Dick King-Smith 
Very funny classic tale of boy adopted by dragon family

Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning
A lonely girl finds a dragon on the beach who tells her tales in return for buns

The Dragon's Quest by Rosemary Manning
Sequel to Green Smoke, concerning R.Dragon's quest in King Arthur's days

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Narnia)
by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
One of the funniest Narnia books, in which horrid boy improved by spell as dragon

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien's classic -stealing back the dwarves treasure from a dragon

Dealing with Dragons by C. Wrede Patricia
One for dragon-loving girls

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
One of the greatest fantasy novels, including how to defeat a dragon.

The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup by Rosemary Sutcliff
Lovely gentle picture book for 5+ about minstrel's friendship with dragon pup, lost anf found

Dragons, Dinosaurs, and Monster Poems by John Foster (Editor)
Dragons and dinosaurs romp through these lovely, funny poems
 
Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend
by Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator)
Best St.George & Dragon, from Spenser's Faerie Queen but made perfect for 3+ by illustrations

You've Got Dragons
by Kathryn Cave, Nick Maland (Illustrator)
Dragons as a metaphor for anxiety, depression, loneliness - all given delightfully funny twist as boy befriends them

© Amanda Craig 2006