Books & Reading
If You Like...Dragons
Few creatures of mythology and folklore conjure up the mental images of a dragon. Some dragons have wings; some are more snake-like. All are integral to the world of fantasy. This Pathfinder will lead you Tulsa City-County Library’s collection of children’s books, videos, and online resources on dragons.
Automated Catalog Search
Search the library catalog to find
materials owned by TCCL. To locate materials on dragons, click on Subject
and enter the word dragons.
Then click the subject heading most relevant to your topic.
The search can be limited to related subject areas of art, fiction, folklore, poetry or mythology. The call number will be specific to the subject area, mythology and folklore is in the 398’s, drawing books are in the 743’s, and poetry is in the 811’s.
Reference Materials
Encyclopedias
These general reference texts provide a good starting point
for researching. The encyclopedias listed here are in children’s reference
areas in various libraries in the system. These books do not check
out, but feel free to enjoy them while you’re at the library.
Compton’s
Encyclopedia and Fact Index
Generalized introduction to the dragons used in legends of
the Middle Ages; the dragons of Chinese and Japanese myth, art and
superstitions; and the reptile found in the East Indies known as dragons
The
World Book Encyclopedia
Brief review of dragons represented in holidays, medieval
legends, and cultures
Periodicals
All of these databases can be found on the Tulsa City-County
Library’s Kid’s Pages.
Kid
Search
Scroll down the page and you’ll find Kid Search. You
can use this database to find full-text magazine articles, photographs,
books and encyclopedias. To do so, just type in a keyword search such as
dragon, knights, legends or mythology.
Middle
Search Plus
This one works a lot like Kid Search, in fact, it’s
just right down the page! Keep scrolling, there it is! Here you can
also find magazine and newspaper articles on just about any topic in the
world; but if you’re looking for “dragons” just type in
that keyword and click “search.”
Juvenile Fiction Books
Fiction is shelved in the children’s areas alphabetically
by the author’s last name. If you can’t find what you’re
looking for, ask a librarian. They’re here to help you.
Jeremy
Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book
By Bruce Coville
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old
Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon egg.
The
Book of Dragons
Selected and illustrated by Michael Hague.
A collection of short stories featuring dragons, by such authors
as Itola Calvino, Kenneth Grahame, and Elizabeth Coatsworth.
Dragon
Bones
By Paul Hindman
When his dog eats a huge bone that was buried in the backyard
and turns into a frightening creature, Hank agrees to help a wizard
try to destroy the evil dragon that is responsible for the transformation.
The
Dragonling
By Jackie French Koller
Finding a baby dragon, accidentally left alive,
is his older brother’s dragonquest, but it is Darek who risks death
and the anger of his people in trying to return it to the Valley of the
Dragons.
A
Dragon in the Family
By Jackie French Koller
Sequel to: The Dragonling. Darek tries to protect his baby
dragon from angry villagers and the Circle of Elders.
The
Dragon Nanny
By C.L.G. Martin.
An elderly woman who loses her job as a caretaker to the king’s
children ends up taking care of a dragon family.
Class
Trip to the Cave of Doom
By K.H. McMullan.
Wiglaf joins the other students of Dragon Slayers’ Academy
in searching the Dark Forest for the Cave of Doom, which supposedly
contains the gold of the dead dragon Seetha.
Knight
for a Day
By K.H. McMullan.
Wiglaf wins a contest that brings Sir Lancelot to the Dragon
Slayers’ Academy for a day, but when Wiglaf’s friend Erica suspects
that Lancelot is not who he claims to be, trouble ensues.
Sir
Lancelot, Where You Are?
By K.H. Mcmullan.
After the witch, Morgana le Fay, puts a curse on Sir
Lancelot, three knights-in-training from the Dragon Slayers’ Academy
set out to save him.
Countdown
to the Year 1000
By K.H. McMullan.
Alarmed by a prophecy that the world will end with the arrival
of the year 1000, the students of Dragon Slayers’ Academy get some
advice from Zack, a boy who has traveled back from 1999.
If
That Breathes Fire, We’re Toast!
By Jennifer Stewart
When eleven-year-old Rick and his mother move from San Diego
to Tucson he is not too happy about the change, but when they get a
fire-breathing, time-traveling dragon to replace their broken furnace, his
new life starts to get more interesting.
The
Care and Feeding of Dragons
By Brenda Seabrooke
Follows the adventures of Alastair as he tries to protect
his pet dragon, Spike, from dragon-nappers while trying to adjust to
his new fourth-grade teacher.
The
Kingfisher Treasury of Dragon Stories
Chosen by Margaret Clark
A collection of sixteen short stories about dragons from various
authors.
The
City of Dragons
By Laurence Yep
A boy with a face so sad that nobody wants to look at him
runs away with a caravan of giants to the city of dragons, where his
sorrowful face is finally appreciated.
Dragon
Steel
By Laurence Yep
To free her clan from slavery at underwater forges, the dragon
princess Shimmer and her human companion Thorn combat the Dragon King’s
jealousy and treachery.
Here
There be Dragons
By Jane Yolen
A collection of both new and previously published stories
and poems about dragons by Jane Yolen.
Juvenile Non-Fiction Books
Non-fiction books can be found using the Dewey decimal numerical
order in the children’s non-fiction shelves.
Behold—the
Dragons!
398 g 352b 1999
By Gail Gibbons
Explains how myths about dragons developed, different types
of dragons, what dranconolgists do, and how different cultures portray
dragons.
Saint
George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend
398.2 H66sa 1984
Adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser’s Faerie
Queene
Retells the segment from Spenser’s The Faerie Queene,
in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that
has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to
the land.
The
Loathsome Dragon
398.2 W63L 1987
By David Wiesner and Kim Kahny
A wicked queen casts a spell over her beautiful stepdaughter,
turning her into a loathsome dragon until such time as her wandering
brother shall return and kiss her three times.
Draw
Medieval Fantasies
743 R274dm 1995
By Damon J. Reinagle
Offers step-by-step instructions for drawing dragons, castles,
and other objects of the medieval world; covers basic skills as well
as advanced drawing techniques.
Dr.
Earnest Drake’s Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
J 398.2D 789d 2003
This magical volume presents the long-lost research of 19th-century
dragonologist Sir Earnest Drake.
Web Sources
Users should be careful to determine the authority and validity of any information offered through Internet resources. The following Internet websites have been evaluated based upon visual attractiveness, content, validity, accuracy, and interest for children ages 6 to 12.
Chinese
Dragons
Find out how these dragons differ from their Western counterparts,
read a dragon tale, learn about the traits associated with those born in
the year of the Dragon, and more.
Dragon
Links
This is a list of dragon related links directing users to a variety
of sites featuring everything from craft kits, lesson plans, dragon history,
poems, songs, and games.
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