I’ve always wanted to write a book about dragons. I know, I
know, they’re huge, breath fire, and are famous for their bad tempers, but they
are also majestic and magical. I have some ideas for dragon books, and although
I haven’t planned any dragons for Nadavir, you just never know what might pop
up in a rough draft!
If you have a child in your life between the ages of 8 and
12 (middle grade), you might want to give them one of these excellent books about
dragons that have entertained and inspired me:
DEALING WITH DRAGONS, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book 1 (4
books in series) by Patricia Wrede
“Princess
Cimorene is quite sure that there’s more to the world than curtseying and
courting.
And what she finds in her chosen career as a dragon’s
princess is sometimes more than she can handle.”
THE DRAGONET PROPHECY, Wings of Fire #1 (13 books in series so
far) by Tui T. Sutherland
“Five dragonets are collected to
fulfill a prophecy, raised in a hidden cave and enlisted, against their will,
to end the terrible war. But not every dragonet wants a destiny. And when the
select five escape their underground captors to look for their original homes,
what has been unleasHed on the dragon world may be far more than the
revolutionary planners intended…”
FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON KYN (The Dragon
Chronicles) by Susan Fletcher
This is a prequel to Dragon’s
Milk (see below) which came out first. You can start the series with either of these
books. I started my journey with Dragon’s Milk.
In Flight of the Dragon Kyn,
“Since Kara can call birds, the king sends for her to call, not birds, but
dragons, because he has sworn to eradicate them…Escaping to the mountains, she
stumbles on the dragons’ lair…”
DRAGON’S MILK by Susan Fletcher“Kaeldra must search out
the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and somehow get some of her
precious milk. It’s the only way to save her foster-sister’s life…she’s the
only one who can do it. For she is the only one who can actually communicate with
dragons.”
