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G. K. Chesterton once said that the old stories were about heroes among dragons, while the new ones are all about dragons among dragons. He was talking about the modernist propensity for exploring man's psyche rather than the more enduring theme of Good vs. Evil—more enduring because it's more substantive, and more interesting because it involves genuine conflict.

The older stories are the ones we typically recommend. This isn't a petting zoo for merely metaphorical dragons; the monsters here are real fire-breathing wyrms, and the heroes that fight them are flesh-and-blood sword-wielding warriors. Okay, there are a few exceptions (the My Father's Dragon books, for instance), but they're the rarity.

In the Bible, dragons are always bad. Satan is a dragon, and his primary mission is to destroy the bodies and souls of God's faithful elect, as well as anyone else he can burn to a cinder with sin and selfishness. Such creatures shouldn't be allowed to roam the earth, and as Christ's soldiers we're called to do battle with all the forces of evil, not to make friends with them.

We hope you'll enjoy these stories both as stories and as metaphors. The whole "man-fights-dragon" story is one of the oldest in the world, but it still isn't worn-out or boring. Kids need to hear tales like these, to be shown that life isn't just some extended picnic we can romp through carefree. It's war, and if they know how to take down a dragon the way Sigurd or St. George did, chances are they'll be able to fight long and successfully themselves.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	Ancient, Strange, and Lovely Dragon Chronicles #4 by Susan Fletcher Reprint from Atheneum for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.99
	Champion of the Titan Games A Fablehaven Adventure Dragonwatch #4 by Brandon Mull from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum from Aladdin Paperbacks Norse Mythology for 3rd-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $10.99
	Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum, illustrated by Willy Pogany from Macmillan Norse Mythology for 3rd-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $40.00 (1 in stock)
	Coloring Dragons by Amy Brown for 3rd-Adult in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT)
	D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from New York Review of Books for 3rd-6th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $22.95
	Dragon of Og by Rumer Godden, illustrated by Pauline Baynes from Viking Press for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke Deluxe from Chicken House for 2nd-5th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke from Scholastic Inc. for 2nd-5th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, translated by Anthea Bell from Chicken House for 2nd-5th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Dragon Rider: Griffin's Feather Dragon Rider #2 by Cornelia Funke Deluxe from Chicken House for 2nd-5th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Dragon Used to Live Here by Annette LeBlanc Cate from Candlewick Press for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $17.99
	Dragon's Hoard Hall of Doors #1 by Rebecca Gilleland from Progeny Press for 2nd-4th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $6.99
	Dragon's Milk (The Dragon Chronicles) Dragon Chronicles #1 by Susan Fletcher Reprint from Atheneum for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.99
	Dragonology Volume 1 European Dragon by Dr. Ernest Drake from Candlewick Press for 3rd-8th grade in Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Location: FIC-DRAG)
	Dragons - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Christy Shaffer from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT) $3.99
	Dragons of Blueland My Father's Dragon Trilogy #3 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Random House Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	Dragonwatch Dragonwatch #1 by Brandon Mull from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Elmer and the Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #2 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Random House Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	Elmer and the Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #2 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Random House Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Flight of the Dragon Kyn Dragon Chronicles #2 by Susan Fletcher Reprint from Atheneum for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.99
	Gargoyles and Medieval Monsters - Coloring Book by A. G. Smith from Dover Publications for 1st-3rd grade in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT) $5.99
	Henry and the Chalk Dragon by Jennifter Trafton from Rabbit Room Press for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head by Bill Peet from Houghton Mifflin Animal Fantasy for Preschool-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	How to Raise and Keep a Dragon by Joe Nigg 1^st edition from Barron's for 3rd-6th grade in Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Location: FIC-DRAG)
	Land of Narnia Brian Sibley Explores the World of C.S. Lewis by Brian Sibley from HarperTrophy for 3rd-8th grade in Exploring Narnia (Location: LIR-NAR)
	Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge from Yearling for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Master of the Phantom Isle A Fablehaven Adventure Dragonwatch #3 by Brandon Mull from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #1 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Random House Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1949 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.95
	My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #1 by Ruth Stiles Gannett, illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett and Helena Perez Garcia from Bushel & Peck Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1949 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #1 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Dover Publications Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1949 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #1 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Dover Publications Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1949 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	My Father's Dragon Trilogy by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Random House Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $19.14
	Mythical Beasts - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Fridolf Johnson from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT) $3.99
	Pegasus by Marianna Mayer & K. Y. Craft 1st ed from HarperCollins for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.99
	Pegasus by Marianna Mayer & K. Y. Craft 1st ed from Morrow Eagle for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Pet Dragon A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters by Christoph Niemann First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books for 1st-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Pet Dragon A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters by Christoph Niemann First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books for 1st-3rd grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame from Holiday House for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $14.99
	Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame 1^st edition for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame from Holiday House for 1st-4th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Return of the Dragon Slayers A Fablehaven Adventure Dragonwatch #5 by Brandon Mull from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Roverandom by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $15.99
	Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges & Trina Schart Hyman from Little, Brown & Company Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 2nd-3rd grade 1985 Caldecott Medal winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges & Trina Schart Hyman Fir from Little, Brown & Company Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 2nd-3rd grade 1985 Caldecott Medal winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $18.99
	Saint George and the Dragon by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Nicki Palin from Doubleday & Company for Preschool-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Science of Monsters by Timothy J. Bradley from Teacher Created Materials, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Location: FIC-DRAG) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Sea Monsters - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Peter F. Copeland from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT) $4.99
	Sign of the Dove Dragon Chronicles #3 by Susan Fletcher Reprint from Atheneum for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.99
	Sir Bertie & the Wyvern A Tale of Heraldry by Nicholas Wilde from Carolrhoda Books, Inc. for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan from Charlesbridge for 2nd-6th grade in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan from Charlesbridge for 2nd-6th grade in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC) $7.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Sir Cumference Set Math Adventures by Cindy Neuschwander & Wayne Geehan from Charlesbridge for 2nd-6th grade in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC) $70.29
	Squire and the Scroll A Tale of the Rewards of a Pure Heart by Jennie Bishop from Warner Press Allegories and Moral Stories for 2nd-5th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	The Egg by M. P. Robertson from Puffin Books Fantasy for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Three Tales of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Random House Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $18.99
	Twig by Elizabeth Orton Jones 1^st edition from Purple House Press for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.95
	Unicorns - Coloring Book from Dover Publications for 1st-6th grade in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT) $3.99
	Wrath of the Dragon King A Fablehaven Adventure Dragonwatch #2 by Brandon Mull from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99

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