Dragon-filled books for kids
Picture Books
In this retelling of the classic story, Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall, trains in kung fu, and must save her grandmother and village from a mighty dragon.
In this humorous adaptation of the Snow White tale, Jo Bright excels at building bots. After the jealous queen banishes Jo to the forest, then attacks her dragon-bots, Jo and her new dragon friends fly the queen to the Moon, and a new bot-builder is chosen to rule the kingdom: Jo!
In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to share with her class at school.
When a dragon wearing very large underwear threatens the kingdom the Knights of the Round Table run away, leaving Sir Percival's young assistant, Cole, to face the beast.
A girl's frightening and exciting first day of school is full of prowling dragons that aren't quite what they seem.
Friends Fire Truck and Dragon demonstrate what a good team they make at campfires, cookouts, birthday parties, and more, but in unexpected and unimpressive ways.
Georgie is afraid of the dark, but after an adventure with a dragon that is afraid of the knight in the book where he normally dwells, both are ready to sleep.
This imaginative story follows the exploits of one frustrated dragon owner as she tries increasingly hilarious tricks to rekindle her dragon's flame and is ideal for children who love to guess what's going to happen next.
In the heart of the city, among the taxis and towers, a small boy travels uptown and down, searching for his friend. Readers will certainly spot the glorious beast, plus an array of big-city icons they can count.
Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them anything with spicy salsa!
When the fiercest dragon in the whole world smashes Princess Elizabeth's castle, burns all her clothes, and captures her fiancé, Prince Ronald, Elizabeth takes matters into her own hands. With her wits alone and nothing but a paper bag to wear, the princess challenges the dragon to show his strength in the hopes of saving the prince.
Young Readers
Filled with adventure, magic, and intrigue, the empowering Dragon Girls books help growing readers embrace their inner fire. The series follows Azima, Willa, and Naomi, who learn that they possess secret powers they must use to protect the Magic Forest from evil.
Ruskin, the beloved scarlet dragon from the Kingdom of Wrenly series, stars in this new graphic novel series for emerging readers that’s full of magical quests, epic adventures, mysterious prophecies, and dragons!
Fox and Rabbit team up with Owl to create the world's biggest pizza for Sparrow's birthday. Fox and Rabbit decide to ask for help from Dragon. Dragon wants to help but has never eaten pizza. In fact, Dragon has never had a friend or been to a birthday party before, either. It's up to Fox and Rabbit to change all that!
In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.
Elliot, Uchenna, and Jersey have barely recovered from their first adventure with Professor Fauna when he approaches them with an all-new quest. In the mountains of the Basque Country, the Unicorn Rescue Society must track down a missing dragon.
The dark wizard Maldred has trapped dragon master Eko as well as wizards who have opposed him, all of them frozen in time and space inside a wall in his hideout; so Drake and Worm set out to seek the help of the Time Dragon--but when a imp named Beezel interferes Drake ends up back in his own past, and he must find a way to get back to the present.
When Dragon rescues a plump gray cat from the snow, he needs to learn how to take care of it.
When Elmer Elevator hears about the plight of an overworked and underappreciated flying baby dragon, he stows away on a ship and travels to Wild Island to rescue the dragon. Go on fantastic adventures with Elmer and Boris. Each story stands alone, but read in succession, they are an unforgettable experience.
Middle Grade Readers
Alliana spends her days tending to her stepfamily's inn at the edge of the abyss, but when she rescues an orphaned nightdragon and later helps an apprentice witch, she seizes her chance to escape her stepmother's tyranny and find her own happily ever after.
Noble children Thomas and Emily have always known their mother to be sensible, the lady of the castle--if anything, a bit boring. But then they discover Meg, a cranky scribe who lives in the castle basement, who claims that she was a friend of their mother's back when the two were kids--even before the dragon lived in the castle. Wait--a dragon? Not sure they can believe Meg's tales, the kids return again and again to hear the evolving, fantastical story of their mother's escapades and get caught up in a quest to reunite the onetime friends.This multilayered story blends adventure and humor, medieval tropes and modern sensibility, in a satisfying read for the whole family.
Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers.
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 dragons' kingdom.
In this action-adventure fantasy, young Prince Sing must overcome monstrous obstacles to help his clan return to their homeland.
In the long-awaited sequel to "Fablehaven," the dragons who have been kept at the dragon sanctuaries no longer consider them safe havens but prisons--and they want their freedom. The dragons are no longer allies to humans.
After discovering a lost Tea Dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of Tea Dragon caretaking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik.
Sophie is a young witch sent to train for her entrance exams with relatives she's never met. Frustrated with her situation, Sophie attempts magic on her own, but the spell goes wrong, and she accidentally entangles her magic with the magic of a young water dragon named Lir.
When three twelve-year-olds discover there are seven separate minutes a day they can do magic, they must use oddly specific spells to save a dragon, themselves, and the world.
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
These graphic novel adaptations follows the tales of dragon tribes and their battles, prophecies, and friendships. Most of the books are written from the point of view of different young dragons with humanlike traits and emotions.