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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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	Beowulf Illustrated Edition by Anonymous, translated by Seamus Heaney from W. W. Norton and Co. Medieval Poetic Epic for 9th-Adult in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED) $21.21
	Book of Lost Tales 2 by J. R. R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien from Ballantine Books Mythology, Faërie for 8th-12th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.64
	Book of Lost Tales 2 by J. R. R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Mythology, Faërie for 8th-12th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
	Book of the Dragon by Montse Sant, illustrated by Ciruelo from Paper Tiger for 7th-Adult in Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Location: FIC-DRAG) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Coloring Dragons by Amy Brown for 3rd-Adult in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT)
	Dragons A Natural History from Simon and Schuster for 7th-Adult in Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Location: FIC-DRAG)
	Dragons & Fantasy from Walter Foster for 4th-Adult in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
	Dragons and Dragon Lore A Worldwide Study of Dragons in History, Art and Legend 2007^th edition from Forgotten Books for 7th-Adult in Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Location: FIC-DRAG) $5.60 (1 in stock)
	Eragon Inheritance Series #1 by Christopher Paolini from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Eye of Zoltar Chronicles of Kazam Book 3 by Jasper Fforde from HMH Books for Young Readers for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickinson, illustrated by Wayne Anderson from Harper & Row for 8th-Adult in Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Location: FIC-DRAG)
	Great Book of Dragon Patterns from Fox Chapel Publishing Company for 6th-Adult in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
	Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Reissue from Puffin Books for 5th-9th grade 1985 Newbery Medal Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $5.94
	Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley from ACE Publishing for 5th-9th grade 1985 Newbery Medal Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Hobbit There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien 2^nd edition from Ballantine Books Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.64
	Hobbit There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $35.00
	Hobbit There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $19.99
	Hobbit There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $13.59
	Hobbit There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $18.99
	Hobbit (Perma-bound) There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien 2^nd edition from Del Rey Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $2.40 (4 in stock)
	Hobbit and Lord of the Rings - Deluxe Hardcover Collection by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-12th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Hobbit and Lord of the Rings - Deluxe Hardcover Collection by J. R. R. Tolkien, illustrated by Alan Lee from HarperCollins Fantasy for 5th-12th grade in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX) $136.00
	How to Draw Dragons in Simple Steps by Paul Bryn Davies from Search Press for 6th-Adult in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
	Inheritance Cycle - Hardcover set by Christopher Paolini from Random House for 8th-12th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Last Dragonslayer Chronicles of Kazam Book 1 by Jasper Fforde from HMH Books for Young Readers for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $6.79
	Last Dragonslayer Set by Jasper Fforde from Houghton Mifflin for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle from ROC Science Fiction for 9th-Adult in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $14.45
	Le Morte d'Arthur King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table Signet Classics by Sir Thomas Mallory from Signet Classics for 9th-Adult in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED) $7.61
	Le Morte d'Arthur King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table Signet Classics by Sir Thomas Mallory from Random House for 9th-Adult in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
	Lord of the Rings Deluxe Hardcover Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-12th grade in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX)
	Lord of the Rings Deluxe Hardcover Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-12th grade in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX)
	Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien from Ballantine Books Fantasy for 4th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.64
	Song of the Quarkbeast Chronicles of Kazam Book 2 by Jasper Fforde Reprint from HMH Books for Young Readers for 5th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.49
	Tolkien Reader by J. R. R. Tolkien from Ballantine Books Fantasy for 4th-12th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $8.99
	Tolkien Reader by J. R. R. Tolkien from Ballantine Books Fantasy for 4th-12th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasury of Classical Mythology by A. R. H. Moncrieff from Barnes & Noble for 7th-Adult in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Unfinished Tales The Lost Lore of Middle-Earth by J. R. R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien from Ballantine Books Mythology, Faërie for 8th-12th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.64
	Wind in the Door Wrinkle in Time Series #2 by Madeleine L'Engle from Square Fish Publishing Fantasy for 4th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.64 $3.60 (1 in stock)

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