{"id":1032,"date":"2012-04-03T17:18:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T21:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2021-08-14T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T15:12:45","slug":"dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dragons come in all shapes and sizes, and run the gamut when it comes to personality, philosophy, civility, and attitude toward humans. Beowulf, Siegfried, and Saint George all killed dragons; so did Cadmus, the prince of Greek mythology, who planted the dragon\u2019s teeth, from which sprang up a race of fierce warriors.<\/p>\n<p>Famous dragons include Smaug, the greedy dragon of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s <em>The Hobbit<\/em>, Falkor the Luck Dragon of Michael Ende\u2019s <em>Neverending Story<\/em>, and Norbert, Hagrid\u2019s obstreperous (and illegal) pet in J.K. Rowling\u2019s <em>Harry Potter and the Sorceror\u2019s Stone<\/em>. In C.S. Lewis\u2019s <em>Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/em> in the Chronicles of Narnia series, the obnoxious Eustace Scrubb is turned into a dragon and emerges from the experience a wiser, better boy.<\/p>\n<p>Investigating dragons is fun anytime \u2013 but it\u2019s particularly appropriate on April 23<sup>rd<\/sup>. Which is St. George\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9cc46ab385\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9cc46ab385\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/#THE_DRAGON_OF_LONELY_ISLAND\" >THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/#DRAGON_TALES\" >DRAGON TALES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/2\/#SAINT_GEORGE_AND_THE_DRAGON\" >SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/2\/#POETIC_DRAGONS\" >POETIC DRAGONS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/2\/#DRAGONS_IN_THE_MOVIES_DRAGONS_ON_TV\" >DRAGONS IN THE MOVIES, DRAGONS ON TV<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/3\/#DRAGON_ACTIVITIES\" >DRAGON ACTIVITIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/3\/#Mostly_Real_Dragons\" >(Mostly) Real Dragons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/4\/#MATHEMATICAL_DRAGONS\" >MATHEMATICAL DRAGONS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/dragons-rampaging-reluctant-poetic-and-mathematical\/4\/#DRAGON_IN_THE_SKY\" >DRAGON IN THE SKY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"THE_DRAGON_OF_LONELY_ISLAND\"><\/span><strong>THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-of-lonely-island-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-of-lonely-island-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-of-lonely-island-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-of-lonely-island-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-of-lonely-island-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-of-lonely-island.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In <em>The Dragon of Lonely Island<\/em> (Candlewick, 1998), three children \u2013 Hannah, Zachary, and Sarah Emily \u2013 spend the summer on Lonely Island off the coast of Maine where, with the help of a mysterious map, they discover a wonderful golden three-headed dragon. The dragon tells them three magical tales from its past \u2013 one set in ancient China, one about a boy on board a pirate ship, and the last about two children who must survive on a desert island after a plane crash. For ages 6-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/return-of-dragon-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/return-of-dragon-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/return-of-dragon-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/return-of-dragon-768x1127.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/return-of-dragon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In a sequel, <em>Return of the Dragon<\/em> (Candlewick, 2005), the children return to the island where, through the dragon\u2019s stories, they visit ancient Greece, a castle in the Middle Ages, and a southern plantation in the days before the Civil War, learning lessons along the way. They also solve a mystery and struggle to protect the dragon from a terrible danger. For ages 6-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DRAGON_TALES\"><\/span><strong>DRAGON TALES<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tell-me-a-dragon-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tell-me-a-dragon-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tell-me-a-dragon-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tell-me-a-dragon-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tell-me-a-dragon-1135x1536.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tell-me-a-dragon.jpg 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jackie Morris\u2019s <em>Tell Me a Dragon<\/em> (Frances Lincoln Children\u2019s Books, 2009) is an exquisitely illustrated collection of dragons, from the huge to the tiny: \u201cMy dragon is made from the sun and the stars.\u201d \u201cMy dragon is snaggle-toothed, fierce and brave.\u201d (On the cover, a glorious lavender dragon plucks a cupcake from a platter.) The book ends with \u201cTell me about your dragon.\u201d For ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/knight-and-dragon-dePaola-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/knight-and-dragon-dePaola-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/knight-and-dragon-dePaola.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Tomie de Paola\u2019s <em>The Knight and the Dragon<\/em> (Putnam Publishing Group, 1980), both knight and dragon realize that they\u2019re supposed to fight \u2013 but neither knows how to go about it. They do their best to find out (the knight resorts to the castle library; the dragon delves through his ancestor\u2019s artifacts) \u2013 but with the help of a canny princess, they eventually realize that they\u2019re better off just being themselves. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonwood-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonwood-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonwood.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Timothy Knapman\u2019s <em>Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood<\/em> (Bloomsbury USA, 2007), an excited young dragon finds a Benjamin \u2013 a goggle-eyed little boy in striped boots \u2013 in the woods and brings him home to keep as a pet. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/liang-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/liang-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/liang-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/liang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/liang-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/liang.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Demi\u2019s exquisitely illustrated <em>Liang and the Magic Paintbrush<\/em> (Henry Holt, 1988), everything that Liang paints with his magical paintbrush comes alive. When confronted with an evil emperor, Liang paints a dragon. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/everyone-knows-what-a-dragon-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/everyone-knows-what-a-dragon-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/everyone-knows-what-a-dragon-1010x1024.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/everyone-knows-what-a-dragon-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/everyone-knows-what-a-dragon.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Jay Williams\u2019s lovely picture book <em>Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like<\/em> (Aladdin, 1980), it turns out that everyone doesn\u2019t. Only the little orphan boy Han believes that a dragon could look like a little fat old man. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-egg-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-egg-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-egg-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-egg-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-egg-1307x1536.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-egg-1742x2048.jpg 1742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In M.P. Robertson\u2019s <em>The Egg<\/em> (Puffin, 2004), George discovers an enormous golden-brown egg in the family henhouse from which hatches a baby dragon. Even though George doesn\u2019t speak Dragon, he manages to \u201cteach the dragon dragony ways,\u201d and help it find its way home. The illustrations are wonderful: one painting shows the armchair-sized egg perched on George\u2019s quilt-covered bed, while George sits on top of it, reading. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>George\u2019s dragon returns for another adventure in <em>The Great Dragon Rescue<\/em> (Frances Lincoln Books, 2009).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-pet-dragon-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-pet-dragon-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-pet-dragon.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Christoph Niemann\u2019s <em>The Pet Dragon<\/em> (Greenwillow Books, 2008) is a clever introduction to Chinese characters through the story of a little girl, Lin, who receives a little red dragon as a present. The characters are integrated into the pictures, which works as a memory aid. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/library-dragon-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/library-dragon-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/library-dragon-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/library-dragon-768x1118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/library-dragon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Carmen Agra Deedy\u2019s <em>The Library Dragon<\/em> (Peachtree Publishers, 1994), Sunrise Elementary School\u2019s new librarian is a dragon \u2013 who refuses to let children (with their sticky little fingers) near the library books. Nothing will convince her otherwise, until a myopic little girl wanders into the library and begins reading a story about a dragon out loud. Children gather to listen and the library dragon has a change of heart. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-paper-dragon-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-paper-dragon-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-paper-dragon-768x835.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/the-paper-dragon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Mi Fei, a humble scroll painter, is the hero of Marguerite W. Davol\u2019s <em>The Paper Dragon<\/em> (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997). When the terrible dragon Sui Jen awakes from his long sleep and begins trampling rice fields and destroying villages, Mi Fei goes out to stop him. The dragon strikes a bargain, challenging Mi Fei to bring him fire, wind, and the strongest thing in the world \u2013 all wrapped in paper. Mi Fei responds with a paper lantern, a paper fan, and a paper painting of all the people in his village \u2013 since the strongest thing in the world is love. Naturally he saves the day. Illustrated with lovely tissue-paper collages by Robert Sabuda. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/boy-who-painted-dragons-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/boy-who-painted-dragons-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/boy-who-painted-dragons-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/boy-who-painted-dragons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/boy-who-painted-dragons-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/boy-who-painted-dragons.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Gorgeous gold, red, and purple Chinese dragons fill Demi\u2019s <em>The Boy Who Painted Dragons<\/em> (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007). The painter, young Ping, is visited by the Heavenly Dragon, who discovers that the painted dragons really represent Ping\u2019s fears. He gives the boy three pearls of wisdom, which he can only earn by confronting four dragons: Water Dragon, Fire Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Wind Dragon. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/loathsome-dragon-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/loathsome-dragon-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/loathsome-dragon.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Caldecott winner David Wiesner\u2019s <em>The Loathsome Dragon<\/em> (Clarion Books, 2005) is a retelling of a traditional English fairytale in which a widowed king falls in love with a wicked enchantress, who \u2013 jealous \u2013 turns his lovely daughter, the Princess Margaret, into a terrible dragon. Margaret\u2019s brother Richard eventually manages to reverse the spell and \u2013 with the help of a magic rowan twig \u2013 the enchantress is turned into a Loathsome Toad. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/my-fathers-dragon-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/my-fathers-dragon-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/my-fathers-dragon-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/my-fathers-dragon-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/my-fathers-dragon-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/my-fathers-dragon-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/my-fathers-dragon.jpg 1547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Ruth Stiles Gannett\u2019s <em>My Father\u2019s Dragon<\/em> (Alfred A. Knopf, 1988) (a Newbery Award winner from 1948), the animals of Wild Island have captured a baby dragon and young Elmer Elevator, with a knapsack full of lollipops and hair ribbons, sets off to rescue it. Sequels are <em>Elmer and the Dragon<\/em> and <em>The Dragons of Blueland<\/em>. For ages 5-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/30017\"><em>My Father&#8217;s Dragon<\/em><\/a> online.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slayers-academy-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slayers-academy-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slayers-academy-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slayers-academy-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slayers-academy.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Kate McMullen\u2019s Dragon Slayers\u2019 Academy series begins with <em>The New Kid at School<\/em> (Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 2003) in which carroty-headed Wiglaf, the smallest and most put-upon of an enormous peasant family, has his fortune told by a traveling minstrel and finds that he is destined to be a hero. Off he goes with his pet pig Daisy to the Dragon Slayers\u2019 Academy to learn his future trade \u2013 despite the fact that he can\u2019t stand the sight of blood. Many sequels, all with the same slapsticky humor. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/book-of-dragons-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/book-of-dragons-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/book-of-dragons.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Edith Nesbit\u2019s <em>The Book of Dragons<\/em> (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2010), originally published in 1900, is a wonderful collection of eight dragon tales, among them \u201cThe Book of Beasts,\u201d \u201cThe Deliverers of Their Country,\u201d and \u201cUncle James, or the Purple Stranger.\u201d For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Nesbit&#8217;s <em>Book of Dragons<\/em> is online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/23661\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-egg-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-egg-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-egg-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-egg-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-egg.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Sarah L. Thomson\u2019s <em>Dragon\u2019s Egg<\/em> (Greenwillow Books, 2007), young Mella is a dragonkeeper \u2013 but the dragons she tends are small friendly farm animals, not the fire-breathing monsters of the old myths. Then Mella comes upon a dragon\u2019s egg in the forest, guarded by a truly terrifying dragon \u2013 and with the help of Roger, a squire to a Knight of the Order of Defenders, sets out to transport it safely to the ancestral Hatching Grounds. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-rider-206x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-rider-206x300.gif 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-rider-705x1024.gif 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Cornelia Funke\u2019s <em>Dragon Rider<\/em> (Chicken House, 2011) features an orphan boy, a feisty brownie, a brave young dragon, and a quest to return the dragons to their ancestral home &#8211; in the teeth of multitudinous enemies, among them the vicious dragon-exterminating Nettlebrand. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-your-dragon-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-your-dragon-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-your-dragon-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-your-dragon-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-your-dragon.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Cressida Cowell\u2019s <em>How to Train Your Dragon<\/em> (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010) is the first of a humorous series starring the hapless young Viking Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III who \u2013 as a warrior-in-training \u2013 must (somehow) capture and train a dragon. Many sequels. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-yr-dragon-movie-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-yr-dragon-movie-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-yr-dragon-movie-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-yr-dragon-movie-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-yr-dragon-movie-1084x1536.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/how-to-train-yr-dragon-movie.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The 2010 movie version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0892769\/\">How to Train Your Dragon<\/a> is rated PG. Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2386490\/\">How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World<\/a> (2019).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragonology-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragonology-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragonology-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragonology-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragonology-1306x1536.jpg 1306w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragonology.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>Dragonology<\/em> by Ernest Drake and Duglad Steer (Candlewick, 2003) is a purported nonfiction guide to dragons by 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century \u201cdragonologist\u201d Ernest Drake. Included are explanations of the taxonomy and anatomy of dragons (with diagrams), a dragon alphabet, instructions for tracking and taming dragons, and a fold-out map of \u201cDragons of the World.\u201d For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/51rXbUBHEPL._SX258_BO1204203200_-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/51rXbUBHEPL._SX258_BO1204203200_-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/51rXbUBHEPL._SX258_BO1204203200_.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Jane Yolen\u2019s <em>Here There Be Dragons<\/em> (Harcourt Childrens Books, 1993) is a collection of poems and stories about dragons from a range of genres for ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<p>Also see Yolen\u2019s <em>Here There Be Witches<\/em> and <em>Here There Be Unicorns<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/jeremy-thatcher-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/jeremy-thatcher-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/jeremy-thatcher.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Bruce Coville\u2019s <em>Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher<\/em> (Sandpiper, 2007), Jeremy stumbles into a mysterious shop and comes home with an egg from which hatches a tiny dragon, Tiamat, visible only to Jeremy and his nemesis, Mary Lou Hutton. With the help of Tiamat, Jeremy gains confidence and perspective \u2013 which survive even after Tiamat returns to her own world, where she belongs. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dealing-with-dragons-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dealing-with-dragons-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dealing-with-dragons.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Patricia Wrede\u2019s four-book Enchanted Forest Chronicles series begins with <em>Dealing with Dragons<\/em> (Sandpiper, 2002), in which the strong-minded Princess Cimorene, who prefers fencing to embroidery, deals with wizards, witches, and an enchanted stone prince, and finally ends up as Chief Cook and Librarian to Kazul, the (female) King of the Dragons. Sequels are <em>Searching for Dragons<\/em>, <em>Calling on Dragons<\/em>, and <em>Talking to Dragons<\/em>. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-milk-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-milk-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-milk.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Susan Fletcher\u2019s <em>Dragon\u2019s Milk<\/em> (Aladdin, 1996), Kaeldra\u2019s little sister is dying of vermilion fever, for which the only cure is dragon\u2019s milk. Kaeldra sets out to find some and ends up saving a litter of draclings. Sequels are <em>Flight of the Dragon Kyn<\/em> and <em>The Sign of the Dove<\/em>. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slippers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slippers-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slippers-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slippers-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slippers-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slippers-1364x2048.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-slippers.jpg 1648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Jessica Day George\u2019s <em>Dragon Slippers<\/em> (Bloomsbury USA, 2008), Creel\u2019s aunt \u2013 she\u2019s not evil, just \u201cdumber than two turnips in a rain barrel\u201d \u2013 sends Creel to the dragon in hopes that a wealthy knight will rescue and marry her. Instead Creel makes friends with the dragon, who gives her a strange pair of blue shoes. Wearing them, she travels to the city to work as a seamstress \u2013 Creel is a talented embroiderer \u2013 where the plot thickens and Creel\u2019s slippers turn out to hold the key to saving both the kingdom and its resident dragons. Sequels are <em>Dragon Flight<\/em> and <em>Dragon Spear<\/em>. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonbootie1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonbootie1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonbootie1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragon-slippers-booties.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1058\" title=\"Dragon slippers booties\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragon-slippers-booties-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragon-slippers-booties-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dragon-slippers-booties-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.made-by-rae.com\/2011\/02\/tutorial-by-rae-dragon-slippers\/\">Dragon Slippers<\/a> has a pattern and tutorial for making your own dragon slippers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fifty-first-dragon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fifty-first-dragon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fifty-first-dragon.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Heywood Broun\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/237\/33.html\"><em>The Fifty-First Dragon<\/em><\/a>, originally published in 1919, Gawaine le Coeur-Hardy \u2013 one of the least promising pupils at knight school \u2013 is given a magic word that allows him to kill fifty dragons. Then he discovers that the magic word is a fake. It all makes for some great discussions. For ages 11 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonflight-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonflight-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonflight.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Anne McCaffrey\u2019s Dragonriders of Pern series began in 1968 with <em>Dragonflight<\/em>, and now comprises some 22 volumes, and any number of Pern-related supplements. The planet of Pern, every 200 years, is endangered by the fall of Thread, silvery filaments that destroy everything they touch. To combat the Thread, a new breed of the native dragons has been developed \u2013 capable of burning the Thread out of the sky before it touches down and of bonding telepathically to a chosen human partner, the dragonrider. For ages 1s and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srellim.org\/pern\/\">Sariel\u2019s Guide to Pern<\/a>\u00a0for a chronological book list and background information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/61VzaffkkWL._SX329_BO1204203200_-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/61VzaffkkWL._SX329_BO1204203200_-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/61VzaffkkWL._SX329_BO1204203200_.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The setting of Rachel Hartman\u2019s <em>Seraphina<\/em> (Ember, 2014) is a world where dragons and humans live (uneasily)side by side \u2013 and dragons can take human form. Then the crown prince is murdered, anti-dragon sentiment is on the rise, and musician Seraphina, half-human and half-dragon, is suddenly plunged into a central role. A wonderful, complex, and out-of-the-ordinary dragon tale for ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/9780345481283_p0_v1_s1200x630-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/9780345481283_p0_v1_s1200x630-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/9780345481283_p0_v1_s1200x630.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #2a2a2a;\">Naomi Novik\u2019s <i>His Majesty\u2019s Dragon<\/i> (Del Rey, 2006) is set during an alternative version of the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Will Lawrence of the King\u2019s Navy captures a French ship carrying a dragon\u2019s egg \u2013 and when the new hatchling imprints itself on him, he decides to join Britain\u2019s fleet of dragon-borne aviators as master of the dragon Temeraire. First of a series for teens and adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/9781416912286_p0_v1_s550x406-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/9781416912286_p0_v1_s550x406-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/9781416912286_p0_v1_s550x406.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In James A. Owen\u2019s <em>Here, There Be Dragons<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2007), set during World War I, three Oxford scholars are brought together in London by a murder \u2013 and by a peculiar little man who tells them that they are now the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas of mythical lands, which can only be reached via the ship <em>Indigo Dragon<\/em>. And there are dragons. Fantasy, mystery, and danger for teens and adults<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/12\/no-old-maps-actually-say-here-be-dragons\/282267\/\">this article<\/a>, no old maps actually say \u201cHere there be dragons.\u201d But there\u2019s an ancient globe that does.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/51QoJTE2ixL-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/51QoJTE2ixL-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/51QoJTE2ixL.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Marie Brennan, <em>A Natural History of Dragons<\/em> (Tor Books, 2014) purports to be a memoir by Victorian aristocrat Isabella, Lady Trent, the world\u2019s foremost dragon naturalist. The first of a series for teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/64216-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/64216-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/64216.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Terry Pratchett\u2019s <em>Guards! Guards!<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2009), one of the wonderful, hilarious, (and enormous) Discworld series, a marauding dragon has appeared in Discworld\u2019s greatest city and has managed to get itself crowned king. Now it wants gold and virgins.To the rescue: the stunningly incompetent Night Watch. For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/saint-george-and-dragon-Hodges-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/saint-george-and-dragon-Hodges-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/saint-george-and-dragon-Hodges.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Margaret Hodges\u2019s picture book <em>St. George and the Dragon<\/em> (Little, Brown, 1990), the dragon is thoroughly bad, and St. George definitively does him in after a three-day battle. The story is adapted from Spenser\u2019s \u201cThe Faerie Queen\u201d and has beautiful illustrations in the style of illuminated medieval manuscripts. For ages 7-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/reluctant-dragon-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/reluctant-dragon-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/reluctant-dragon-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/reluctant-dragon-768x1184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/reluctant-dragon-997x1536.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/reluctant-dragon-1329x2048.jpg 1329w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/reluctant-dragon.jpg 1528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Kenneth Grahame\u2019s <em>The Reluctant Dragon<\/em> (Square Fish, 1988), the dragon would much prefer to stay in his cave writing poetry \u2013 but the upset populace recruits Saint George and demands a showdown. Saint George, with the help of the boy who has become the dragon\u2019s friend, comes up with a neat solution. A wonderful story for all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read (or listen to) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/21588\"><em>The Reluctant Dragon<\/em><\/a> online.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kenny-and-the-dragon-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kenny-and-the-dragon-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kenny-and-the-dragon-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kenny-and-the-dragon-768x1147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kenny-and-the-dragon-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kenny-and-the-dragon-1371x2048.jpg 1371w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kenny-and-the-dragon.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Tony DiTerlizzi\u2019s <em>Kenny &amp; the Dragon<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2012) is a riff on Kenneth Grahame\u2019s <em>The Reluctant Dragon<\/em> (see above). Kenny is a young rabbit whose two friends \u2013 George, a retired dragon slayer (now bookseller) and Grahame, a peaceful and highly sophisticated dragon \u2013 are being forced to fight by overwrought townspeople. Clever and satisfying. For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/teachbesideme.com\/st-george-and-the-dragon-unit-the-poppins-book-nook\/\">Saint George and the Dragon<\/a> is a teaching unit for elementary-level students including background information on the story and a range of activities, including templates for shadow puppets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>POETIC DRAGONS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-are-singing-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-are-singing-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-are-singing.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Jack Prelutsky\u2019s <em>The Dragons Are Singing Tonight!<\/em> (Greenwillow, 1998) is a collection of 17 clever poems about dragons, among them \u201cI Have a Dozen Dragons,\u201d \u201cNasty Little Dragonsong,\u201d and \u201cI am Boom!\u201d Gorgeously illustrated by Peter Sis. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-poems-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-poems-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-poems.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><em>Dragon Poems<\/em> by John Foster and Korky Paul (Oxford University Press, 2004) is a marvelously illustrated collection of 23 poems by many different poets, among them X.J. Kennedy, Lilian Moore, and William Jay Smith. For ages 5-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custard-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custard-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/custard.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Ogden Nash\u2019s classic <em>The Tale of Custard the Dragon<\/em> (Little, Brown, 1998) is the rhyming tale of Belinda and Custard, her \u201crealio, trulio, little pet dragon.\u201d Custard is a coward, but he saves the day when Belinda (\u201cbrave as a barrel of bears\u201d) is threatened by a pirate. In the sequel <em>Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight<\/em>, Custard saves Belinda from the wicked Sir Garagoyle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/lesson-plan\/custard-dragon-and-wicked-knight-lesson-plan\">Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight Lesson Plan<\/a> includes\u00a0\u00a0a recipe for Dragon Custard.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See this <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.artic.edu\/silkroadforteachers\/resource\/930\">Create a Chinese Dragon<\/a> lesson plan from the Art Institute of Chicago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/peter-paul-mommy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/peter-paul-mommy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/peter-paul-mommy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/peter-paul-mommy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/peter-paul-mommy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/peter-paul-mommy.jpg 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y7lmAc3LKWM\">Puff the Magic Dragon<\/a> \u2013 surely the world\u2019s best-known dragon song \u2013 is from Peter, Paul, and Mary\u2019s <em>Peter, Paul, and Mommy <\/em>album (Warner Brothers), available on audio CD.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>DRAGONS IN THE MOVIES, DRAGONS ON TV<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-fantasy-made-real-patrick-stewart-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-fantasy-made-real-patrick-stewart-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-fantasy-made-real-patrick-stewart.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0433367\/\">Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real<\/a>, narrated by Patrick Stewart, is a fascinating look at how dragons might have lived and how they might have evolved, with incredible computer-graphic imagery (from the company that created <em>Walking With Dinosaurs<\/em>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/merlin-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/merlin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/merlin-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/merlin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/merlin-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/merlin.jpg 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In the BBC series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1199099\/\"><em>Merlin<\/em><\/a>, the key Arthurian characters are all teenagers and Camelot is under the thumb of the despotic Uther Pendragon, who has banned magic from the realm and imprisoned the Great Dragon, Kilgarrah (voiced by John Hurt). The young wizard Merlin, sent to Camelot to study with Gaius, the court physician, is mentored by the dragon, who tells him that his destiny is to protect Arthur, the future king. Many exciting episodes. Available on DVD and Blu-Ray.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-disney-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-disney-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-disney-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-disney-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-disney-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-disney.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In the 1977 Disney movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076538\/\"><em>Pete\u2019s Dragon<\/em><\/a>, nine-year-old orphan Pete has run away from his awful guardians in company with Elliott, a huge (invisible) green cartoon dragon. They end up in Passamaquody, Maine, where Pete is taken in by Nora (Helen Reddy) and her father Lampie (Mickey Rooney), the lighthouse keepers. Then a nefarious snake-oil salesman arrives in town, determined to capture the dragon and use him for making medicine. All ends happily, with Elliott a hero and Pete settled in a good home. And there\u2019s some great music. Rated G.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-2016-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-2016-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/petes-dragon-2016.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In the 2016 version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2788732\/\">Pete&#8217;s Dragon<\/a>, Pete &#8211; orphaned after a car wreck &#8211; has been living in the forest for six years. With a friendly dragon. Then he&#8217;s discovered by a forest ranger. Rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonheart-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonheart-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonheart-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonheart-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragonheart.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0116136\/\"><em>Dragonheart<\/em><\/a> (1996), Draco, the last of the dragons (voiced by Sean Connery), and Bowen, a disillusioned dragon slayer, join forces and inspire the people to overthrow their evil king, Einon. Rated PG-13 for violence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>DRAGON ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Enchanted Learning\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enchantedlearning.com\/themes\/dragon.shtml\">Dragons<\/a> has instructions for making a dancing paper dragon toy, coloring pages, and information about such dragon-related topics as Komodo dragons, the constellation Draco, dinosaur fossils, the flag of Wales, and Sir Francis (\u201cthe Dragon\u201d) Drake.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See these video instructions for making a gorgeous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TcSpW-Qmw0I\">Chinese dragon puppet<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.princetonol.com\/groups\/iad\/files\/dragon.htm\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Red Ted Art, check out this selection of elementary-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redtedart.com\/dragon-crafts\/\">Dragon Crafts<\/a>, including dragon puppets and a dragon hat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/paper-plate-dragon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/paper-plate-dragon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/paper-plate-dragon.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkstripeysocks.com\/2015\/09\/how-to-make-paper-plate-dragon-craft.html\">flying paper-plate dragon.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Instructions for several kinds of gorgeous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diycraftsy.com\/how-to-make-dragon-eggs\/\">dragon eggs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-card-game-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-card-game-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-card-game-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-card-game-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragons-card-game.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Looney-Labs-Seven-Dragons-Multicolor\/dp\/B08VFH4VK3\/\">Seven Dragons<\/a> is a domino-like card game in which players compete to connect the seven panels representing their color-coded dragon (red, gold, green, blue, or black). The cards are illustrated with paintings by fantasy artist Larry Elmore. For 2-5 players ages 6 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>We started playing the fantasy role-playing game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wizards.com\/dnd\/\"><em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/em><\/a> with our kids when they were 5, 7, and 8 \u2013 and found, just like the website\u00a0says, that it was a wonderful experience of imaginative, shared storytelling and social interaction.\u00a0 (It\u2019s also good for geometry, since sooner or later you have to learn the names for all those polyhedral dice.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d-and-d-starter-set-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d-and-d-starter-set-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d-and-d-starter-set-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d-and-d-starter-set-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d-and-d-starter-set-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d-and-d-starter-set-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d-and-d-starter-set.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Best for beginners is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Set-5th\/dp\/B07D5ZL8WB\/\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons Starter Set<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/dragcave.net\/\">Dragon Cave<\/a> is an online interactive adventure in which kids find and hatch a dragon egg and then raise a dragon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cut-and-assemble-paper-dragons-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cut-and-assemble-paper-dragons-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cut-and-assemble-paper-dragons.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>With David Kawami\u2019s <em>Cut &amp; Assemble Paper Dragons That Fly<\/em> (Dover Publications, 1987), plus scissors, paper clips, glue, and a straight edge, kids can made eight colorful (flying) paper dragon models. $6.95.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ed-emberley-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ed-emberley-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ed-emberley.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><em>Ed Emberley\u2019s Drawing Book of Animals<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2006) uses step-by-step instructions and a library of simple shapes to show kids how to draw dozens of animals, among them a wonderful dragon. For ages 7 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/childrens-books-site\/gallery\/2011\/dec\/24\/how-to-draw-dragons-emily-gravett#\/?picture=383511176&amp;index=0\">How to Draw Dragons<\/a> is a humorous tutorial on how to draw a particularly adorable dragon (Cedric) by award-winning author\/illustrator Emily Gravett.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drawing-dragons-9781569758984_hr-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drawing-dragons-9781569758984_hr-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drawing-dragons-9781569758984_hr-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drawing-dragons-9781569758984_hr-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drawing-dragons-9781569758984_hr-1245x1536.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drawing-dragons-9781569758984_hr.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Sandra Staples\u2019s 160-page <em>Drawing Dragons<\/em> (\u201cLearn to Create Fantastic Fire-Breathing Dragons!\u201d (Ulysses Press, 2008) has detailed instructions for making pencil drawings of truly wonderful (and elaborate) dragons. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/woodcraft-chinese-dragon-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/woodcraft-chinese-dragon-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/woodcraft-chinese-dragon-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/woodcraft-chinese-dragon.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/3-D-Dragon-Puzzle-Wooden-Pieces\/dp\/B003LPV8NY\/\">3-D Chinese dragon<\/a> from a Woodcraft construction kit. The dragon, assembled, is about a foot long, and consists of 62 interlocking pieces. All the pieces are pre-cut; no glue or tools needed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>(Mostly) Real Dragons<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MythicCreaturesCover-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MythicCreaturesCover-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MythicCreaturesCover.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>From the American Museum of Natural History,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnh.org\/exhibitions\/past-exhibitions\/mythic-creatures\">Mythic Creatures<\/a> has information about dragons and other mythical creatures, and accounts of the (real) living animals or fossils that may have inspired their stories. Included at the site are educational resources, projects for kids, and illustrations, video clips, and podcasts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/procter-dragon-doctor-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/procter-dragon-doctor-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/procter-dragon-doctor.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Pamela Valdez\u2019s <em>Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor<\/em> (Knopf, 2018) is a picture-book biography of the famous herpetologist, Curator of Reptiles at the British Museum, who brought her pet Komodo dragon to tea parties. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mysteries-of-komodo-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mysteries-of-komodo-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mysteries-of-komodo-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mysteries-of-komodo-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mysteries-of-komodo-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mysteries-of-komodo-2048x1638.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Marty Crump\u2019s <em>Mysteries of the Komodo Dragon<\/em> (Boyds Mills Press, 2010) is a fascinating 40-page account of the world\u2019s largest lizard, the ten-foot-long Indonesian Komodo dragon, whose deadly saliva (\u201cdragon drool\u201d) is a current subject of scientific research. Illustrated with maps and color photographs. For ages 8-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The scoop on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/reptiles\/k\/komodo-dragon\/\">Komodo Dragons<\/a> (the national animal of Indonesia).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-in-cliff-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-in-cliff-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-in-cliff-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-in-cliff-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-in-cliff-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-in-cliff-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-in-cliff.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Sheila Cole\u2019s <em>The Dragon in the Cliffs<\/em> (Backinprint, 2005) is a novel based on the life of fossil-hunter Mary Anning, who began her career with the discovery of an ichthyosaur skeleton in a cliff along the beach in 1811, when she was just 13. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mary_Anning_painting-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mary_Anning_painting-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mary_Anning_painting-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mary_Anning_painting-768x1057.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mary_Anning_painting-1116x1536.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mary_Anning_painting.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For more on Mary Anning and her many discoveries, plus a book list, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amightygirl.com\/blog?p=28556\">Mary Anning: How a Poor British Carpenter&#8217;s Daughter Became the Greatest Fossil Hunter Ever Known<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Biologica, <a href=\"http:\/\/biologica.concord.org\/webtest1\/web_labs_genophenotype.htm\">Dragon Genetics<\/a> is a lesson plan in which kids explore the difference between genotype and phenotype with dragons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>MATHEMATICAL DRAGONS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/sir-cumference-2-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/sir-cumference-2-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/sir-cumference-2-768x860.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/sir-cumference-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Cindy Neuschwander\u2019s <em>Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi<\/em> (Charlesbridge Publishing, 1999), Sir Cumference gulps down a potion that turns him into a dragon and his son Radius must find the magic number (pi) to restore him to human shape. For ages 7-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-curve-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-curve-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dragon-curve.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Find out how to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cutoutfoldup.com\/216-dragon-curve.php\">fractal dragon curve<\/a> from folded paper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Learn about dragon curves and other fractals with Vi Hart&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/math\/math-for-fun-and-glory\/vi-hart\/doodling-in-math\/v\/dragons\">Doodling in Math Class<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>DRAGON IN THE SKY<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/draco-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/draco-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/draco-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/draco.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constellation-guide.com\/constellation-list\/draco-constellation\/\">Draco the Dragon<\/a> has information on the constellation Draco, a list of the stars that make up Draco (including Thuban that, 5000 years ago, was the North Star), and helpful instructions for finding Draco in the night sky.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/find-constellations-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/find-constellations-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/find-constellations.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>For more information and help on locating Draco and dozens of other constellations, a helpful book for beginners is H.A. Rey\u2019s now-updated <em>Find the Constellations<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin, 2008), filled with accessible information and lots of clever kid-friendly diagrams.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragons come in all shapes and sizes, and run the gamut when it comes to personality, philosophy, civility, and attitude toward humans. 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