Dragon books

[brazilproperty]

DS loved reading the Cressida Cowell how to train a dragon series of books and wants to read more books about dragons. Any suggestions please

[CaseyShraeger]

Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning (and I'm fairly sure there are sequels). Or the Lily Quench series by Natalie Jane Prior.

[StuffezLaBouche]

For a non fiction option try "Dragonology" - so imaginative.

[StuffezLaBouche]

Well, as non-fiction as dragon books can be!

[FeelingGreen]

Its a picture book but a brilliant rhyming story I could read hundreds of times and very funny - Dragon Stew by steve smallman.

Also. 'Again' by Emily Gravett is good - have read it about 5 times already today...

[amck5700]

www.corneliafunke.com/

Dragon Rider

There is another set of books that I am sure was about a Dragon that my boys enjoyed - I'll go rake later and report back - they enjoyed the Cressida Cowell ones too.

www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/dragons

[amck5700]

Found it - Jane Johnson is the lady - this is the first book:

www.janejohnson.eu/secret_country.html

[Rhienne]

Possibly better for readers a little older, but Jane Yolen's Dragons trilogy.

[Rhienne]

Oooh. You have to get her Patricia Wrede's enchanted Forest Chronicles. Starts with Dealing with Dragons. Sme of the best princess characters! :)

[BooksandaCuppa]

Chris D'Lacey has two excellent series of books, one is probably slightly older than the Cressida Cowells and one is slightly younger. Have a look here:

www.thelastdragonchronicles.com/Books.html#waywardcrescent

[BooksandaCuppa]

www.thelastdragonchronicles.com/Books.html#waywardcrescent

With link converted:-/

[mrz]

I second Chris d'Lacey

[StuckOnARollercoaster]

I loved the film and book Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
(I like childrens stuff myself!!!)
Have never got round to the rest of the books in the series - still on my 'to read' list.

[tribpot]

Anne McCaffrey has taken virtually every word in the English language and written a book with that word as the title prefixed with 'Dragon' :) (Not strictly true but by gum there are a lot of Pern novels now). I completely love them, and did as a teenager as well. Some of them perhaps a little racy for a younger child.

[brazilproperty]

Thank you so much for all these ideas.

Rhienne - it is DS not Dd would your option still be OK? He is very anti anything girly.

Any more ideas in the next couple of hours before we head off to the library.

[mrspink27]

Green Smoke, Dragon in Danger and there is another couple - bit old fashioned but enjoyable... here on Amazon

[mrspink27]

Dragon Whisperer

[Rhienne]

Oops. Missed that. The Patricia Wrede ones are possibly not going to please him, most of the male characters are a bit sidelined. But the Jane Yolen ones, definitely.

[Rhienne]

I loved Green Smoke as a child. haven't thought about them in years!

[Rhienne]

mercedes Lackey has also written a similar series to the Jane Yolen ones. I think Alta is the first (or maybe it's Joust).

[Rhienne]

Not sure what age range the Mercedes Lackey ones are best for. Probably a bit older than those by Cressida Cowell.

[alexpolismum]

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

and when I was much younger, I loved some Dragon books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, although I can't remember the titles now

[Rhienne]

Talk about down memory lane! I also loved Norman Hunter's books: eg www.amazon.co.uk/Bakwerdz-Carpet-Incredible-Stories-Puffin/dp/0140313524/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358086525&sr=1-6&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[alexpolismum]

Oh Rhienne! I read that book years ago too! Happy memories!

[MrsSteptoe]

Chris d'Lacey Fire Star age appropriateness: Anyone got a steer on age appropriateness/level of difficulty for the Chris d'Lacey books "Fire Star" and others in same series? I find it quite hard to judge from reading a few pages myself.

They've been given to my Y5 DS and I'm trying to encourage him (with little success so far) to read slightly more challenging stuff than How to Train Your Dragon etc. Cowell books (entering him for London independents, trying to encourage slightly more sophisticated reading habits so that it informs his creative writing and his general cmoprehension etc). Even if it's still a bit easy but a step up from Horrendous Horrible Hiccup Haddock or whatever he's called, then it's a step in the right direction.

Thanks for any thoughts!